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Statistics
Why sustainable business needs better ESG ratings
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Data on environmental, social, and governance performance is noisy — and may not help companies help the environment. MIT Sloan experts investigate.
A more accurate way to forecast recessions
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A new data-driven recession index revealed remarkable historical accuracy.
3 challenges for chief data officers in finance
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What started as a compliance role is poised for growth as financial services embrace the power of data.
A calm before the AI productivity storm
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The productivity benefits of artificial intelligence are being masked by a ramp-up period.
‘Counterpoints’ podcast digs deep on sports data
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The co-hosts pledge to bring numbers to life through discussions that appeal to both sports fans and executives.
When Alex Rodriguez joined a business and tech podcast
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A-Rod on the limit of sabermetrics, his suspension, and helping teenagers invest in communities.
The 20-year-old entrepreneur is a lie
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Data shows the average age of successful business founders is 42.
Four business lessons from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
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Takeaways from the Oakland A’s, Boston Red Sox, and, of course, Nate Silver
Patients key to making sense of medical data
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As big data unfolds, health care analytics world remains fractured, siloed
With nanotech, expanding the brain to the cloud
Futurist Ray Kurzweil on disease-fighting nanorobots and a cloud-based brain expansion