BUS 501: Business Perspectives #4 I think it’s fair to say that all of us have heard the terms economy and economics, but I wonder how many people without business backgrounds really knew what these terms meant. Often we hear terms like “economy is not doing so well..etc”, and I also knew loosely what these... Continue Reading →
Marginal Analysis, Supply and Demand Knowing the optimal quantity of a product to supply to the market is fundamental to the success of any business. This is where the economic principles related to scarcity, choice, marginal benefit, equilibrium, supply, and demand come in. These concept then lead to marginal analysis and supply-demand curves (+related calculations).... Continue Reading →
We are currently learning about marginal analysis. Having to recall some math from my undergrad days, but it’s fun and definitely more straightforward than some of the engineering courses I had to take. https://www.mbamath.com/ is the companion site where most of the quizzes and assignments need to be completed for this topic. First one already... Continue Reading →
This is going to be the first post of a series of posts related to the various topics that will get covered during my MBA courses. I was kind of thinking of doing this anyway, but it’s a requirement as well for one of the papers, so I think it’s going to somewhat force me... Continue Reading →
Lots of videos and blogs around what to study, how to prepare etc, but I wanted to share a few key points that I found useful to remember for the exam. My own exam prep details I included at the bottom in case anyone’s interested in reading my experience (I spent a total of 4... Continue Reading →
I had to figure out a bunch of things for a recent Azure Databricks hobby project I was working on. Required a whole bunch of Google searches, and quite some time, so thought I would capture some of the useful things I learned during the process:This was the overall architecture:Creating a ‘standard’ CSV file:When working... Continue Reading →
I have Python 2.7 and 3.5 both installed on my Windows machine and several times I wanted install some new package I’ve ended up with the “No module names ‘xxx’” message although I had just installed the package! Every time I end up resolving the issue somehow, but I keep forgetting what I did... Continue Reading →
I’m starting to become a big fan of Power BI and the monthly releases are certainly helping the tool get closer to prime time (I think Power BI has come a long way, but still has some catching up to do). I love the Power BI-R integration which significantly enhances the charting capabilities. I’m yet... Continue Reading →
For something I’m currently working on I wanted to create some PDF reports so that I can share the results with others via email. Turned out creating PDFs to output the values from R dataframes is not so straightforward after all. If it’s a ggplot type graphic, easiest is probably to do something like: which... Continue Reading →
If you install Spyder using any of the standalone installers after installing Python, you’ll have trouble launching the Spyder IDE. If you go to python_dir/Scripts, you’ll see the following: but clicking on spyder.dat will launch a command prompt for a split second and then disappear. This seems to be a common issues as asked here... Continue Reading →
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