Protocols - Publications - Faculty & Research

2013
Working Paper

Testing Coleman's Social-Norm Enforcement Mechanism: Evidence from Wikipedia

By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski and Andreea Gorbatai

Since Durkheim, sociologists have believed that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those who punish norm... View Details

Keywords: Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Information Publishing; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Issues; Societal Protocols

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21 Mar 2019
News

Helping Veterans Build Careers

on-site with a potential grantee, using the Endowment’s strict screening protocols to evaluate nonprofits in four areas: financials; performance; background checks on leadership and how the nonprofit takes care of its employees; and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

25 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset

and we were relying purely on volunteers. But once the project surpassed 1,000 counties, interest really picked up. Epidemiologists, economists, and physicians have been impressed by the amount and quality of data we’ve collected and encouraged us to publish our... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

with far too many features and software based on proprietary and interdependent architectures. "Microsoft has way overshot what the customer needs," Christensen said. Potential threats: Sun's Java technology, the Linux operating system, and the Internet View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

Baker: With a strong belief in change within the system, working to reduce corruption so that free markets will function better, to the benefit of rich and poor nations alike. Photos by Katherine Lambert Corruption. Said slowly, even the word seems to subvert and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2020
News

AI Enhances Diagnostic Care

A radiologist and technician at Misr Radiology Center review images taken of a patient and discuss protocol for a brain PET/MRI exam. “AI has improved workflow through higher efficiency and has helped us deliver more personalized care,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2020
News

Meal Plan

country, to feel good and safe about dining out again. It may happen sooner rather than later as we look at protocols for reopening. Ironically, my last restaurant meal was with Lena in Cambridge at a wonderful Italian restaurant. Our... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2009
News

Big Bailouts, Little Debate

Duhigg Photo Courtesy Charles Duhigg As a business writer for the New York Times, I often bump into HBS classmates and alumni who ask me, in a whisper, “What’s the real story behind the economic crisis? There’s some hidden tale that explains everything, right?” The... View Details

Keywords: Charles Duhigg; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

Professor of Business Administration; a new cohort begins every few months. First, a math lesson Many firms use the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol developed by the World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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1.4.3 Required Curriculum (RC) | MBA

students exercise their team building and management skills to develop protocols for effective learning and shape the distinctive norms and personality of their sections. Students quickly discover that the section experience fully engages... View Details

13 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 13, 2008

search for solutions. BP successfully reduced its own carbon emissions, and championed cap-and-trade style regulation over taxation or command-and-control. Despite this progress, as the climate issue gains in political prominence and the Kyoto View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2020
News

Turning Point: Change, Stat

ventilators beeping Terrible as it was, it forced us to innovate. As an example, the standard protocol for putting a patient on a ventilator involves first bringing oxygen levels up as close to 100 percent as possible before gently... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare; medicine; innovation; interpersonal communication; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

increase? —Rob Kautz (MBA 1987) Many argue that anonymity is one of the key disruptions Bitcoin introduces. I think anonymity is valuable only in the early days and for a specific group of people. If we want Bitcoin to become more mainstream, identity layers are going... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

12 May 2010
News

How Big Business Can Regain Legitimacy

Keywords: Professor Michael Porter; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

28 Jun 2010
HBS Case

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

$1.9 million Pursuing Perfection grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition to funding an improvement-science training program, the grant requires that the hospital undertake improvement projects. Hence, Kotagal develops hospital-wide View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

08 May 2019
Blog Post

In the Business of Flexibility

working protocol to minimize the impact of commuting on the environment and matches candidates with the appropriate mission-driven organizations. “The caliber of talent is crucial, but mission alignment is just as important for the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government

01 Jun 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

Praise for March Cover Congratulations on cracking the mold of a one-subject cover for the March issue. I found the four of your financial crisis articles extremely interesting, especially Niall Ferguson’s book excerpt on “Chimerica”! Peter Tufano’s proposal to invest... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

Microsystems, "The establishment of industry standards, protocols and APIs which allow competition in devices and services is what's going to drive services in the long run. That's where we should be aiming." Jason Bluming (HBS MBA '99)... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

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Global Climate Change

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