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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
The first step in researching the public transportation system in Buenos Aires: send the private driver home. “How could we be there studying public transportation and not use it?” asks Eryn Schultz (MBA 2015). She was one of 39 students who traveled to Argentina and... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space
By: Joseph P. Davin, Sunil Gupta and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
We study the impact of peer behavior on the adoption of mobile apps in a social network. To identify social influence properly, we introduce latent space as an approach to control for latent homophily, the idea that "birds of a feather flock together." In a series of... View Details
Keywords: Social Influence; Social Network; Mobile App; Peer Effects; Latent Homophily; Latent Space; Proxy Variables; Familiarity; Behavior; Consumer Behavior; Applications and Software; Social and Collaborative Networks; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Power and Influence; Social Media
Davin, Joseph P., Sunil Gupta, and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski. "Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-053, January 2014.
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Success for the Underserved
communities and individuals—such as women, military veterans, and people of color—to help them find jobs and career information. With a membership fee of only $25 a month, it's a business-opportunities networking site that also helps... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
work together to create all aspects of the urban environment. Also necessary are new systems and processes for helping cities operate efficiently and effectively, including the use of new information and communication View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship
organization and the student interns. Start with Clear Communication Clear communication is essential as companies work to ensure all of their stakeholders are well informed about plans for the future, even... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
empirical results provide strong support for the view that output prices are a key determinant of vertical integration. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49893 forthcoming Production and Operations Management View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
is teeming with people grabbing a bite to eat, checking e-mail, or picking up cases. Hawes Hall, the School’s first new classroom building in fifty years, and its newly renovated neighbor, Aldrich Hall, have the technology to beam a... View Details
- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Black Investment Club
aerospace industry where she led highly technical teams at The Boeing Company developing disruptive technologies to usher in the future of mobility and responsible innovation. The major focus of her work was on space exploration, product... View Details
- 21 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
experiences. Coming from a business development background, I had never thought about working on the operational side of a business. But my Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Class – taught by the amazing Feng Zhu – inspired me to... View Details
- Web
Energy - Course Catalog
different local communities responding, given the benefits and costs of enormous changes in the energy mix? Energy tackles all of these questions and more. This class is for students with a wide variety of interests seeking a better... View Details
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
public service, because it makes this data, most of which exist in archival databases of the EPA, much more readily accessible," says Michael Toffel, an expert on industry self-regulation and an assistant professor in the Technology... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
find a more scalable model. Viewed through that lens, we hope the community realizes how valuable this is. We can rival the impact of a ministry of education or exceed it by orders of magnitude, with a budget that is orders of magnitude... View Details
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
brick-and-mortar shops are natural curators (and docents), guiding customers toward the wares that best suit their needs, and away from the wares that don't. But on the web, customers depend on community review sites like Yelp.com where... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
dropping out, value the benefits associated with competing in the second round more than influencing its outcome. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54540 forthcoming Administrative Science Quarterly View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Health Care’s New Frontier
new billing requirements, insurance eligibility, and patient communication regulations. We respond as soon as new developments arise.” Investments in constant innovation will make it difficult to sustain the 30 percent annual growth his... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
out in his HBS admission essay: “When I graduate,” Sulyman wrote, “I'm going to go back to Africa and lead a technology company that is creating massive impact that will propel Africa into the future.” Today, Sulyman is carrying out that... View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Energy & Environment Club
Are you interested in connected with other HBS MBA students dedicated to tackling climate change? Student Clubs are a vital part of the HBS Community experience that support the school's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in... View Details
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
technologies and providing services that are designed to improve water management worldwide. Already, the fund has invested more than $9 million in 12 companies that address such pressing problems as flood tracking, water waste and reuse,... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- News
Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online
Black community as a private-enterprise desert, with devastating consequences.” To prevent this, he gave an overview of how to fill out the PPP loan application, and shared promising data from Seaway National Bank in Chicago, where most... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
in March, the Limiting Factor was submerged in water that was 26 degrees Fahrenheit. (The salt and pressure lower the freezing point.) No one knew how the equipment would function under such harsh conditions. As Vescovo descended to 4,000 meters, he lost View Details