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  • January 2021
  • Article

Machine Learning for Pattern Discovery in Management Research

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Ryan Allen and Michael G. Endres
Supervised machine learning (ML) methods are a powerful toolkit for discovering robust patterns in quantitative data. The patterns identified by ML could be used for exploratory inductive or abductive research, or for post-hoc analysis of regression results to detect... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Supervised Machine Learning; Induction; Abduction; Exploratory Data Analysis; Pattern Discovery; Decision Trees; Random Forests; Neural Networks; ROC Curve; Confusion Matrix; Partial Dependence Plots; AI and Machine Learning
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Machine Learning for Pattern Discovery in Management Research

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
Supervised machine learning (ML) methods are a powerful toolkit for discovering robust patterns in quantitative data. The patterns identified by ML could be used as an observation for further inductive or abductive research, but should not be treated as the result of a... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning; Theory Building; Induction; Decision Trees; Random Forests; K-nearest Neighbors; Neural Network; P-hacking; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis
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Fast Generalized Subset Scan for Anomalous Pattern Detection

By: Edward McFowland III, Skyler Speakman and Daniel B. Neill
We propose Fast Generalized Subset Scan (FGSS), a new method for detecting anomalous patterns in general categorical data sets. We frame the pattern detection problem as a search over subsets of data records and attributes, maximizing a nonparametric scan statistic... View Details
Keywords: Pattern Detection; Anomaly Detection; Knowledge Discovery; Bayesian Networks; Scan Statistics; Analytics and Data Science
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Toward Automated Discovery of Novel Anomalous Patterns

By: Edward McFowland III and Daniel B. Neill
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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Efficient Discovery of Heterogeneous Quantile Treatment Effects in Randomized Experiments via Anomalous Pattern Detection

By: Edward McFowland III, Sriram Somanchi and Daniel B. Neill
In the recent literature on estimating heterogeneous treatment effects, each proposed method makes its own set of restrictive assumptions about the intervention’s effects and which subpopulations to explicitly estimate. Moreover, the majority of the literature provides... View Details
Keywords: Causal Inference; Program Evaluation; Algorithms; Distributional Average Treatment Effect; Treatment Effect Subset Scan; Heterogeneous Treatment Effects
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  • January 2022
  • Article

The Private Impact of Public Data: Landsat Satellite Maps Increased Gold Discoveries and Encouraged Entry

By: Abhishek Nagaraj
How does public data shape the relative performance of incumbents and entrants in the private sector? Using a simple theoretical framework, I argue that public data reduces investment uncertainty, facilitates the discovery of new market opportunities and increases the... View Details
Keywords: Public Data; Maps; Gold; Microeconomic Behavior; Economics; Data and Data Sets; Private Sector; Market Entry and Exit; Mining
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Curriculum - MBA

for understanding the responsible molecular mechanisms that pattern the vertebrate embryo. Signaling pathways controlling morphogenesis, organogenesis, stem cells, and regeneration will be discussed in detail. Molecular and Systems Level... View Details
  • 31 Oct 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

Dora, Brian M. Alexander, and Amitabh Chandra Abstract—Previously, we have discussed the importance of economic incentives in shaping markets for precision medicines. Here we consider incentives for biomarker development, including View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Feb 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

discovery work to validate the problem or their target customers. While gut feel or personal experience with a problem can be a strong signal there is a problem to solve, without proper product discovery... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • Web

Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

Radcliffe's Management Training Program as part of the Class of 1954, one of the first classes to place women in the investment field. Until women were accepted at the Harvard Business School, this program, patterned after the first year... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

have a one in four chance of having thalassemia major which, in the most life-threatening cases, requires frequent blood transfusions. The trait was known to be more common among certain groups, including the Sephardic Jewish community. With the surprising View Details
Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

wordmark, font, color palette, and patterns that will represent the School in current and future websites, publications, collateral, and advertisements. These new materials will reflect a brand that is engaged, global, inclusive,... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

breakthroughs in an Academy of Management Discoveries article, Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, and a World of Surprises. "Your immediate manager plays a huge role in establishing your work environment for creativity, the extent... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • Web

Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity

governments--that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day. The Hidden Cost of Being African American By: Thomas Shaprio Over the past three decades, racial prejudice in America has declined significantly... View Details
  • 23 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

slogan from Apple. And thinking differently leads them to act differently. From our research, consistent patterns emerged that led us to identify five primary discovery skills that underlie innovation:... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson
  • Web

2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how the frontiers of scientific discovery could catalyze more effective strategies for addressing the early origins of disparities in educational achievement, economic productivity, and... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

2019) “AI has improved workflow through higher efficiency and has helped us deliver more personalized care, leading to an enhanced patient experience.” —DOHA TANTAWY (MBA 2019) Wilhelm Röntgen’s discovery of the X-ray in 1895 enabled... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • Blog

Lessons from Jazz in the Live Online Classroom

of breaking patterns and habits, once stating, "If it sounds clean and slick, I've been doing it too long." Like jazz musicians, executives need to step out of their comfort zone, said Barrett, speaking to over 100 executives from the HBS... View Details
  • Web

Faculty Spotlight: HBS Racial Equity Fellow Professor Ivuoma N. Onyeador - Blog: RGE Report

relationships between two or more people. Each employee is a complex individual with the capacity to find common ground with their colleagues. With guidance from Professor Onyeador’s discoveries , leaders can develop enduring measures to... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Get Creative

“think different,” to borrow a slogan from Apple. And thinking differently leads them to act differently. From our research, consistent patterns emerged that led us to identify five primary discovery skills... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services