Research

Wharton Students Help Zillow Turn Data into Results

Analytics Accelerator Zillow Team

The Zillow project promised to be a tough one. The online real estate company wanted to find meaningful patterns in the copious data it collects on site visitors, so the leaders turned to Wharton Customer Analytics for help. The project was put into the Analytics Accelerator, giving Zillow access to a team of Wharton and Penn students who worked for seven weeks to solve the problem. Keshav Ramji, W’24 EAS’24, who is earning a dual degree in economics and computer science, was one of those students.…Read More

2019 Evite Datathon

Driving Revenue Through Guest-To-Host Conversion Datathon Overview Twenty self-formed student teams were provided the same core set of Evite user data, which comprised of seasonal events (i.e., BBQs, holiday parties), annual events (i.e., Father’s Day, birthday parties), and date-specific events (i.e., engagement parties). The teams had two weeks to develop…Read More

Students Analyze Ferrero’s Advertising Spend Data to Help Improve ROI

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Nikki Bowser, WG’21, and Erin Breland, head of global business intelligence and analytics at Ferrero, discuss the Wharton Analytics Accelerator project Nikki’s student team pursued. The students looked at Ferrero’s TV product advertising across all markets to see if they could improve ROI.…Read More