Publications

February 2009 (Revised September 2013)
Background Note

Your Social Network over Time

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Andreea Gorbatai

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2020
Working Paper

Socioeconomic Network Heterogeneity and Pandemic Policy Response

By: Abhishek Nagaraj, Mohammad Akbarpour, Cody Cook, Aude Marzuoli, Simon Mongey, Matteo Saccarola, Pietro Tebaldi, Shoshana Vasserman and Hanbin Yang

We develop and implement a heterogeneous-agents network-based empirical model to analyze alternative policies during a pandemic outbreak. We combine several data sources, including information on individuals’ mobility and encounters across metropolitan areas,... View Details

Keywords: Health Pandemics; Policy; Outcome or Result; Analysis

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30 Jul 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

Keywords: by Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit & William Kerr

2015
Working Paper

Thick as Thieves? Dishonest Behavior and Egocentric Social Networks

By: Jooa Julia Lee, Dong-Kyun Im, Bidhan Parmar and Francesca Gino

People experience a threat to their moral self-concept in the face of discrepancies between their moral values and their unethical behavior. We theorize that people's need to restore their view of themselves as moral activates thoughts of a high-density personal social... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks

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December 2017 (Revised April 2018)
Case

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016

By: Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Toyin J. Okanlawon

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) began as a stand-alone hospital in the heart of downtown Philadelphia in 1855. By 2016 the CHOP Care Network stretched across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the New York metropolitan area, providing a wide range of services... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Networks; Integration; Strategy; Health Industry; Philadelphia

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October 1981
Background Note

Note on Network Optimization Models (Abridged)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Keywords: Networks

March 1999
Article

Where Do Interorganizational Networks Come From?

By: Ranjay Gulati and Martin Gargiulo

Keywords: Networks; Organizations

November 2024
Case

Helium: Crowdsourcing a National Telecom Network

By: Jorge Tamayo and Mahesh Ramakrishnan

In 2024, Helium is running a pilot to test pricing models for their innovative crowdsourcing approach to building out a national telecom network. View Details

Keywords: Networks; Price; Telecommunications Industry; United States

Previous research has shown that network centralization—the degree to which communication flows disproportionately through one or more members—interferes with collective problem-solving by obstructing the integration of ideas, information, and solutions. But this... View Details

1992
Book

Networks and Organizations: Structure, Form, and Action

By: N. Nohria and Robert G. Eccles

Keywords: Networks; Organizations; Organizational Structure

1998
Chapter

Capturing Value in the Network Era

By: S. P. Bradley and R. L. Nolan

Keywords: Value; Networks

2009 - 2009
Conference Presentation

Networks and Change Implementation in Organizations

By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro

Keywords: Networks; Change; Organizations

1992
Chapter

Making Network Research Relevant to Practice

By: R. M. Kanter and R. G. Eccles

Keywords: Networks; Research; Practice

08 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: London

Are you interested in connecting with other alumni leveraging their careers to combat climate change? BEI invites HBS Alumni to join our Alumni in Climate Networking Series for a chance to connect with local alumni to discuss ideas,... View Details

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CDT, 14 Oct 2016
HBS Alumni Events

HBS Chicago Young Alumni Networking Reception

Members of the classes of 2007 - 2016, come and catch up with old friends at this unique event - HBS Young Alumni are invited to a private party at SPiN-Ping Pong Social Club for an evening of networking and socializing! Hosted by HBS... View Details

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM GMT, 24 Nov 2016
HBS Alumni Events

HBS London Young Alumni Networking Reception

Members of the classes of 2007 - 2016, come and catch up with old friends at this unique event - HBS Young Alumni are invited to a private party at Hush Mayfair for an evening of networking and socializing! Hosted by HBS Alumni Relations... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology

Global Electronic Network will enable them - and all alumni - to use this powerful tool to stay connected after they graduate and to take advantage of the rich variety of services and information available to them from HBS throughout... View Details

fall 1987
Article

Managing through Networks in Investment Banking

By: D. B. Crane and R. G. Eccles

Keywords: Management; Networks; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

January 2014
Article

Networks and Productivity: Causal Evidence from Editor Rotations

By: J. Brogaard, J. Engelberg and Christopher Parsons

Using detailed publication and citation data for over 50,000 articles from 30 major economics and finance journals, we investigate whether network proximity to an editor influences research productivity. During an editor's tenure, his current university colleagues... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Performance Productivity; Education Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry