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Google Cloud Platform: Cloud Storage
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Andrasko, Joe; Boatright, BenjaminTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0941-EDecision AnalysisGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) offers Cloud Storage, a popular cloud computing resource for data storage. This note provides information about uploading data to Cloud Storage, creating BigQuery tables from data found in Cloud Storage, previewing files in Cloud Storage, and sharing Cloud Storage buckets.Starting at €8.20
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United Grain Growers Ltd. (A) (Spanish Version)
Tufano, Peter; Gilson, Stuart C.; Musher, JoshuaCase HBS-203S02FinanceEstados Productores de Granos Ltd. (UGG), un distribuidor de grano canadiense, auditado su exposición a una serie de riesgos importantes, especialmente el impacto del clima en los volúmenes de granos y la utilidad de operación. La comprensión de estos riesgos fue crucial, ya que la empresa se encontraba en medio de un importante programa de modernización y diversificación. Pero a pesar de UGG ya se gestionan los riesgos tradicionales a través de ...Starting at €8.20
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FanShop
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Andrasko, Joe; Boatright, BenjaminExercise DARDEN-QA-0887-EDecision AnalysisThis exercise explores customer transaction data generated from a business owner's website and illustrates the added benefit of basic data analytics practices used to uncover business insights. Students discover the business's purchase trends when they answer the provided questions by writing SQL queries. The questions guide students to determine which product offerings the business should promote and which customer segments to target. Additional...Starting at €8.20
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Google Cloud Platform: BigQuery
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Andrasko, Joe; Boatright, BenjaminTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0929-EDecision AnalysisGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) offers a popular cloud computing resource for writing Structured Query Language (SQL) queries. The resource is called BigQuery. This note provides step-by-step information about accessing BigQuery and using it to upload and explore data. It also includes a quick-start guide.Starting at €8.20
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Introduction to Tableau
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Andrasko, Joe; Boatright, BenjaminTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0940-EDecision AnalysisTableau is a powerful visualization software that supports the data analysis process. The program allows users to create custom visualizations from datasets of all sizes and types using a simple drag-and-drop interface. This note introduces new users to Tableau by providing guidance on connecting to data, exploring the interface, and creating a number of common visualizations.Starting at €8.20
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DIY Zillow
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Boatright, Benjamin; Andrasko, JoeCase DARDEN-QA-0931-EDecision AnalysisThis case examines a realtor’s attempt to improve an online residential real estate website’s mapping and home estimation features. With the help of a data scientist, the two professionals work to create an interactive map that provides greater filtering capabilities and improved school boundary views, allowing clients to easily locate homes in their desired school districts. In addition to the visualization enhancements, they also build a simple...Starting at €8.20
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Logistic Regression: Modeling with StatTools
Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.; Andrasko, Joe; Boatright, BenjaminTechnical Note DARDEN-QA-0945-EDecision AnalysisLogistic regression is a modeling technique often used to predict a binary variable—a variable coded as 1 if an event of interest occurs (e.g., a borrower defaults on a loan) and coded as 0 otherwise. This note details how logistic regression applies the logistic function to generate a probability forecast for a binary event. It also includes an example of how to fit a logistic regression model to loan default data using StatTools (an Excel add-i...Starting at €8.20
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Making Financial Markets Work For Consumers
Campbell, John Y.; Jackson, Howell E.; Madrian, Brigitte C.; Tufano, PeterArticle HBS-R1107B-EEconomicsIn 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act created a new federal agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to improve the functioning of consumer financial services markets. The Bureau is scheduled to open its doors in July 2011. Its first director will be responsible not only for setting the policy direction of the agency but also for establishing its organizational structure and management climate. In this op...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Risk in the New World
Kaplan, Robert S.; Mikes, Anette; Simons, Robert L.; Tufano, Peter; Hofmann, Michael; Champion, DavidArticle HBS-R0910E-EFive experts gathered recently to discuss the future of enterprise risk management: Kaplan, the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School, who with his colleague David Norton developed the balanced scorecard; Mikes, an assistant professor at HBS who studies the evolution of risk management and the role of the chief risk officer; Simons, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at HBS; Tufano, the Sylvan C . Coleman...Starting at €8.20