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- August 2005 (Revised April 2008)
- Teaching Note
GuestFirst Hotel (B): Statistics Review with Data Desk (TN)
By: Frances X. Frei
Presents an overview of the statistical analysis covered in the case discussion. View Details
- March 2004
- Teaching Note
Variance Analysis Tutorial (Instructor Guide)
By: David F. Hawkins
Instructor Guide to (9-104-709). View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
- October 1979 (Revised March 1995)
- Background Note
Note on the Management of Queues
Contains four sections: 1) measuring the performance of queuing systems; 2) types of queuing systems; 3) the behavior of simple systems (elementary queuing theory); and 4) the management of queues (including a discussion of their psychology). View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
Maister, David H. "Note on the Management of Queues." Harvard Business School Background Note 680-053, October 1979. (Revised March 1995.)
- 1997
- Chapter
On the Role of the Wiener Process in Finance Theory and Practice: The Case of Replicating Portfolios
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
Merton, Robert C. "On the Role of the Wiener Process in Finance Theory and Practice: The Case of Replicating Portfolios." In The Legacy of Norbert Wiener: A Centennial Symposium. Vol. 60, edited by D. Jerison, I. M. Singer, and D. W. Stroock. Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics . Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1997.
- 05 Dec 2023
- News
What Founders Get Wrong about Sales and Marketing
- 09 Aug 2022
- News
A Lesson from Google: Can AI Bias be Monitored Internally?
- July 2023
- Article
Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments
By: Iavor I Bojinov, David Simchi-Levi and Jinglong Zhao
In switchback experiments, a firm sequentially exposes an experimental unit to a random treatment, measures its response, and repeats the procedure for several periods to determine which treatment leads to the best outcome. Although practitioners have widely adopted... View Details
Bojinov, Iavor I., David Simchi-Levi, and Jinglong Zhao. "Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments." Management Science 69, no. 7 (July 2023): 3759–3777.
- January 1997
- Background Note
Simulation as a Decision Aid
By: Roy D. Shapiro
A brief introduction to simulation--what it is, why it's used, etc. Meant to set context for a first class on simulation. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
Shapiro, Roy D. "Simulation as a Decision Aid." Harvard Business School Background Note 697-062, January 1997.
- 30 Jan 2024
- News
Can Second-Generation Ethanol Production Help Decarbonize the World?
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
How Duolingo Aims to Diversify Beyond Language Learning
- 24 Oct 2023
- News
How the United States Air Force Accelerated AI Adoption
- 26 Apr 2023
- News
How Martine Rothblatt Started a Company to Save Her Daughter
- 01 Nov 2022
- News
Marie Curie: A Case Study in Breaking Barriers
- 06 May 2022
- News