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- 01 Sep 2015
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Data-Driven Diligence
Illustration by QuickHoney On the surface, there is seemingly nothing sexy about a startup that sells foam mattresses online. But in January 2014, David Coats (MBA 1992) and Trevor Kienzle (MBA 1991) made a significant seed-round investment anyway after just 12 days....
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Francis Storrs
- 23 May 2016
- News
The Biggest Challenges of Data-Driven Manufacturing
- 24 Feb 2022
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Why Becoming a Data-Driven Organization Is So Hard
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
From Disruption to Collision: The New Competitive Dynamics
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion retail economy. The shops are...
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- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
conservative and nationalist party. But he had a few things going for him, explains Harvard’s Nicolas Prevelakis: “He was very prepared, he brought a data-driven approach and a very clear message of technocratic governance and...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World
Are limits or balance possible? Clemens Aichholzer (MBA 2003), London, England Additional Reading Scott Howe (MBA 1994) is making Big Data–driven marketing more transparent We've been trading privacy for convenience for a long time—from dictating a message to a...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
social impact. And the way to magnify that impact is to give away valuable knowledge to anyone who can use it. Bridgespan is unique in another equally important way. It is a pioneer in the application of data-driven strategy and...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas
international social-sector programs, but the impact of most of this spending is unclear. For frontline social-sector managers, rigorous, data-driven impact evidence is critical to programming decisions. Unfortunately, most managers lack...
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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
mobilize partners across challenging cultural, social, and political situations and innovate for a brighter future. The Power of Experiments: Decision-Making in a Data-Driven World by Michael Luca, Lee J. Styslinger III Associate...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Vision: To Go-Go
For all their variety, restaurants have two things in common: a kitchen where food is prepared and a dining area where customers consume it. But what if you could use technology to ditch the dining area and just keep the kitchen, trimming the costs—and the...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
the regular rules apply: a data-driven fact base establishing both need and demand for your project, a clear rationale for why and how your intervention will create the social impact you’re promising at scale, trends and competitive...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
courses based on that knowledge to educate a new generation of executives. “It’s impossible to lead an organization today without a deep understanding of how to build and run a truly data-driven organization. That includes having the...
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April White
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
consultancy that would apply data-driven strategy to deepen social impact. Today Bridgespan employs about 200 people, and its free online library of articles, background reports, and tools designed to enhance philanthropic,...
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Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
Data-driven hiring practices have taken off. As early as 2010, Google was using talent analytics to help hire the right people. Research supports this strategy; in studies, algorithms outperformed humans in hiring decisions by at least 25...
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
on the phone shouting to their friend, ‘We pay that for Celtics tickets, we can pay it for the ballet!’ ” In addition to dynamic pricing, Hodges oversees a number of other data-driven initiatives at Boston Ballet, including a recent...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2024
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Leveraging Generative AI
HBS introduced Data Science for Managers (DSM) into the Required Curriculum in 2023 to provide students with the insights needed to lead data-driven organizations. Students were given access to ChatGPT Plus to assist them with data...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
assumed it was some combination of choice, poor financial decisions, and bad luck,” says Shumway, the founder, chairman, and former CEO of Cicero Group, a Salt Lake City–based consulting firm that uses advanced analytics to help clients develop and implement View Details
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Deborah Blagg
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
“Cities can make improvements without making a big investment by using data and by being smarter,” says Mistele. “Data by itself doesn’t fix things, but it can tell you where you should invest. You can make data-driven decisions, rather...
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