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2024
Working Paper

Pitfalls of Demographic Forecasts of U.S. Elections

By: Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons and Jesse M. Shapiro

Many observers have forecast large partisan shifts in the US electorate based on demographic trends. Such forecasts are appealing because demographic trends are often predictable even over long horizons. We backtest demographic forecasts using data on US elections... View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Voting; Political Elections; Trends; Forecasting and Prediction; Demographics

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2012
Book

The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That Transforms Performance

By: James Heskett

The contribution of culture to organizational performance is both substantial and quantifiable. This book presents the results of field research that demonstrates how an effective culture can account for up to half of the differential in performance between... View Details

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Learning; Framework; Policy; Retention; Books; Analytics and Data Science; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Performance Expectations; Research

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22 Apr 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Where is the Pharmacy to the World? International Regulatory Variation and Pharmaceutical Industry Location

Keywords: by Arthur Daemmrich; Pharmaceutical

11 May 2021
Blog Post

Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020)

classmates, so in short order they set up a task force to examine how MBA students experience the role of class. We asked Holly and Alexxis about the task force and their hopes... View Details

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PE & VC investors by investment criteria (industry, stage and geography)

Useful filters in Preqin include estimated dry powder, total amount raised. Before exporting, click Manage Columns to customize what data you would like to include in your excel file. Click Export. PitchBook Go to Investors on... View Details

May 2024
Article

Design of Off-Grid Lighting Business Models to Serve the Poor: Field Experiments and Structural Analysis

By: Bhavani Shanker Uppari, Serguei Netessine, Ioanna Popescu and Rowan P. Clarke

A significant proportion of the world's population has no access to grid-based electricity and so relies on off-grid lighting solutions. Rechargeable lamp technology is gaining popularity as an alternative off-grid lighting model in developing countries. In this paper,... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Behavior; Poverty; Logistics; Business Model; Utilities Industry

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Business ownership: by gender, race and ethnicity

Where can I find data on U.S. businesses by gender, race, and ethnicity? U.S. Census Bureau: The Survey of Business Owners (SBO) provides the only comprehensive, regularly collected source of information on... View Details

06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

strategies for the social media age, and launching a startup for a targeted audience. Students learn to analyze macro and micro economic data of an industry, synthesize... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Biotech and Pharmaceuticals: R&D spending, production cost

Where to find biotech and pharmaceuticals R&D spending and product cost data? Bloomberg – use BI function to locate R&D spending data Cortellis - special... View Details

05 Jan 2009
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Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

marketing resources is particularly difficult because decisions need to be made at many different levels—across countries, products, marketing mix elements, and different vehicles within elements of the mix (e.g., television versus the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

December 12, 2023
Article

Prices for Common Services at Quaternary vs Nonquaternary Hospitals

By: Brandon W. Yan, Maximilian J. Pany and Leemore S. Dafny

Using commercial health insurance claims data from 2017-2019, we assessed whether quaternary hospitals charged higher prices for common, unspecialized services also offered by nonquaternary hospitals. We found quaternary-hospital price premiums of 8.2 percent, on... View Details

Keywords: Price; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Markets; Health Industry

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Business demographics: number of establishments and employees

Where can I find the number of business establishments and employment size in industries? County Business Patterns has data for the United States as a whole, by county, zip code, View Details

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Tech in the Job Search: LinkedIn for Job Searching

Data can reveal what matters most in today's job market, and this interactive webinar from CPD and Jeremy Schifeling, LinkedIn's former head of student and alumni education, will share behind-the-scenes insights that can help you optimize LinkedIn for both job hunting... View Details

June 1992 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Concordia Casting Company

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Describes five years of development in a centralized data processing activity serving a highly decentralized corporation. Data processing manager discovers that a major software system conversion is a full year behind schedule, and subsequently makes several managerial... View Details

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; System; Information Technology; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Human Resources; Conflict and Resolution; Supply Chain Management; Accounting; Auto Industry

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The Function of Outlet Stores

Outlet stores are ubiquitous in the retail environment, and many firms sell goods through outlets as well as their primary stores. Using a highly detailed data set from a major U.S. luxury fashion goods firm, Professor Ngwe is able to look at market segmentation by... View Details

24 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Chloe Ho, MBA 2019: Data-Driven and In Demand

job, she realized that there was something missing—she knew that she needed more to give her career an edge. “I could sense an increasing appetite for data and data-driven managerial decision-making,” says... View Details

Keywords: Technology

Maya Roy

Maya Roy is a doctoral student in the Business Economics program. Her interests include labor and health. She graduated from MIT in 2020 with a B.S. in Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science. View Details

09 Sep 2010
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Boundary Spanning in a For-Profit Research Lab: An Exploration of the Interface Between Commerce and Academe

Keywords: by Christopher C. Liu & Toby E. Stuart; Biotechnology

01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

with the Wahhabi establishment, and its increasingly dangerous environment populated with a diverse set of enemies, he looks at the prospects for the survival of the monarchy View Details

August 2010 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Driving Sustainability at Bloomberg L.P.

By: Christopher Marquis, Daniel Beunza, Fabrizio Ferraro and Bobbi Thomason

Describes the addition of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance indicators to the Bloomberg terminal. The initiative grew out of Bloomberg's broader sustainability initiatives and is an example of how committed employees can create positive social... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Knowledge Dissemination; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Publishing Industry; New York (city, NY)

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