Gord Burtch

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Why has Romney been so much more successful than Obama at raising money for his campaign? Well, probably many reasons. However, at least one reason is that Romney is data mining for new campaign donors, with the […]

Here are the slides. We will cover these at the end of week 1, as well as in week 2.

This is where will start getting into some practical things. You will receive an overview of database modeling, as well as […]

Here are the slides.

I’ve posted a directly link to the Harvard Business Publishing website, where you can purchase and download the case. You will need to register and create an account to do this.

The link is also here.

Here are the slides.

There’s no required book for this course, and is the course is designed so you won’t need a textbook. However, if you’d really like a textbook reference, I have two suggestions:

For ER Modeling: Data […]

You can get the course syllabus here.

I have also posted the link to the Harvard Business Publishing site where you can purchase the case. You’ll find it under “Course links” on the right.

See you in class on Monday!

I’ll be adding content to this site over the next week.

You’ll notice that I put up a link to Harvard Business Publishing. You can buy the case we’ll be using there, but I strongly suggest you wait until […]

I recently had two papers published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2011, which is to be held in Shanghai this December. Both papers deal with the behavior of […]

This past Friday I was fortunate enough to receive an interdisciplinary research award from the Fox School of Business! I was awarded first place in a competition amongst all third year doctoral students for my work on crowdfunding. You can see a copy of my presentation slides here if you’re interested.

Gord Burtch wrote a new blog post: First Meeting of the Ph.D. Student Association %s

We had our first meeting this past Wednesday, and we made some progress. For a summary of what was discussed, please see the attached notes here, compiled by Bruno de Góes.
Note that our next meeting will take place on April 14th at 2:00pm. Details to follow.

Gord Burtch wrote a new blog post: Q&A: crocs case %s

True or False (Give reasons (1-2 lines) in support of your answer)
Manufacturers who earn higher margins on their products are more likely to over-produce than under-produce.

Gord Burtch wrote a new blog post: Q&A: week 1 %s

True or False (Give reasons (1-2 lines) in support of your answer)
Building inventories of parts or products is usually done as a form of insurance against uncertainties.

Gord Burtch wrote a new blog post: Sample Test – Part A – Question 4 %s

True or False (Give reasons (1-2 lines) in support of your answer to receive full credit)
3 points
The bullwhip effect can be completely eliminated if there is no forecasting whatsoever in any part of the supply chain.