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Anonymity and Identity

By: John A. Deighton
In most consumer markets, consumers are accustomed to operating in relative anonymity. A complex social adjustment is occurring as people realize that anonymity is often no longer their default condition - it must be sought and in some cases bought. New conceptions of... View Details
Keywords: Privacy; Anonymity
  • June 18, 2022
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In Defense of Online Anonymity

By: Michael Luca
Lack of transparency on the internet may help fuel toxic dialogue, but it also encourages honest feedback and protects people against discrimination View Details
Keywords: Transparency; Anonymity; Honesty; Social Media; Prejudice and Bias
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Luca, Michael. "In Defense of Online Anonymity." Wall Street Journal (June 18, 2022).
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Anonymous

Since college, many seem to think of me as just "..." But I see things a bit differently. Literally, my first name means hope — I hope to believe I am smart and convey this with subdued confidence. Although I have managed to succeed, I still have an inner... View Details
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Anonymous

I may have a superhuman expectation but it's okay to dream... i want to challenge myself with adventures - build an organization for disadvantaged youth in india or africa, climb mount kilimanjaro or everest, cycle through egypt for charity, travel to new exotic places... View Details
  • 18 Sep 2014
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Entrepreneurs anonymous

  • 17 Jun 2022
  • News

In Defense of Online Anonymity

  • 2020
  • Working Paper

The Cost of Anonymous Lemons

By: Amar Bhidé
Rules that restrict information required in negotiated private transactions have spurred a vast increase in the scope of anonymous financial markets, particularly in the US. The subtle costs of the information restricting rules raise questions about the social value of... View Details
Keywords: Information Asymmetry; Securities; Securitization; Regulation; Liquidity; Information; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Liquidity
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Bhidé, Amar. "The Cost of Anonymous Lemons." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-046, September 2020.
  • June 2021
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Symmetric Ignorance: The Cost of Anonymous Lemons

By: Amar Bhidé
Rules that restrict information required in negotiated private transactions have spurred a vast increase in the scope of anonymous financial markets, particularly in the United States. The subtle costs of the information‐restricting rules raise questions about the... View Details
Keywords: Information Asymmetry; Liquidity; Regulation; Securities Markets; Securitization; Information; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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Bhidé, Amar. "Symmetric Ignorance: The Cost of Anonymous Lemons." European Financial Management 27, no. 3 (June 2021): 414–425.
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On the Limits of Anonymization for Promoting Diversity in Organizations

By: Linda W. Chang and Edward H. Chang
Anonymization of job applicant resumes is a recommended strategy to increase diversity in organizations, but large-scale tests have shown mixed results. We consider decision-makers’ social dominance orientation (SDO), a measure of anti-egalitarianism/endorsement of... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Selection and Staffing; Rank and Position
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Chang, Linda W., and Edward H. Chang. "On the Limits of Anonymization for Promoting Diversity in Organizations." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (forthcoming). (Pre-published online January 3, 2025.)

    Symmetric Ignorance: The Cost of Anonymous Lemons

    • 05 Mar 2020
    • News

    To Reduce Gender Bias, Anonymize Job Applications

    • 2012
    • Journal Article

    EWNI: Efficient Anonymization of Vulnerable Individuals in Social Networks

    By: Frank Nagle, Lisa Singh and Aris Gkoulalas-Divanis
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    Nagle, Frank, Lisa Singh, and Aris Gkoulalas-Divanis. "EWNI: Efficient Anonymization of Vulnerable Individuals in Social Networks." Proceedings of the Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD) (2012): 359–370.
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    Signaling When Nobody Is Watching: A Reputation Heuristics Account of Outrage and Punishment in One-shot Anonymous Interactions

    By: Jillian J. Jordan and David G. Rand
    Moralistic punishment can confer reputation benefits by signaling trustworthiness to observers. However, why do people punish even when nobody is watching? We argue that people often rely on the heuristic that reputation is typically at stake, such that reputation... View Details
    Keywords: Signaling; Morality; Trustworthiness; Anger; Third-party Punishment; Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Trust; Reputation
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    Jordan, Jillian J., and David G. Rand. "Signaling When Nobody Is Watching: A Reputation Heuristics Account of Outrage and Punishment in One-shot Anonymous Interactions." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 118, no. 1 (January 2020).
    • 10 Jun 2025
    • News

    How Bill Wilson Cofounded Alcoholics Anonymous and Created a Lasting Social Movement

    • 2018
    • Article

    Insight into Gender Differences in STEM: Evidence from Peer Reviews in an Engineering Class

    By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Bruce Ankenman and Seyed Iravani
    As the service industry moves toward self-service, peer feedback serves a critical role in this shift for educational services. Peer feedback is a process by which students provide feedback to each other. One of its major benefits is that it enables students to become... View Details
    Keywords: Peer Review; Peer Feedback; STEM Education; Anonymity; Education; Gender; Education Industry
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    Lane, Jacqueline N., Bruce Ankenman, and Seyed Iravani. "Insight into Gender Differences in STEM: Evidence from Peer Reviews in an Engineering Class." Service Science 10, no. 4 (2018): 442–456.
    • November 2008 (Revised August 2010)
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    Whole Foods Acquires Wild Oats (A)

    Examines the implications of Whole Foods' CEO's anonymous message board postings including its potential impact on the company's proposed merger with Wild Oats. View Details
    Keywords: Forms of Communication; Acquisition; Communication Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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    Kimbrough, Michael D., Sudhakar Balachandran, Madhav Srinivasan, and Rachel Gordon. "Whole Foods Acquires Wild Oats (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-029, November 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
    • March 2022 (Revised August 2022)
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    LooksRare: The Decentralized, Tokenized, NFT Marketplace

    By: Scott Duke Kominers, Shai Bernstein and George Gonzalez
    LooksRare launched a decentralized and anonymous organization to compete against NFT marketplace leader OpenSea. By launching its own cryptocurrency, LooksRare attempted to lure users with a digital rewards program. The nature of the organization and its business... View Details
    Keywords: NFTs; Alternative Assets; Blockchain; Cryptocurrency; Customer Relationship Management; Market Entry and Exit; Business Model; Marketing
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    Kominers, Scott Duke, Shai Bernstein, and George Gonzalez. "LooksRare: The Decentralized, Tokenized, NFT Marketplace." Harvard Business School Case 822-119, March 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
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    Dialogue Across Difference

    • 26 Apr 2016
    • News

    When Personalization Leads To Discrimination On AirBnB

    • 27 Mar 2019
    • News

    Will Startup Fishbowl Become the Social Media App for Your Industry?

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