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About Us - Alumni

Alumni Bulletin About Us The HBS Alumni Bulletin (ISSN 1553-1546) is published four times a year (March, June, September, and December) by Harvard Business School. We welcome your letters and story ideas. Send them to bulletin@hbs.edu ,... View Details
  • 27 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Social Network Marketing: What Works?

success of Google, social networking sites such as Facebook have been trying an advertising-based business model. However, studies show that the click-through rate of ads on social networking sites is... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising; Publishing; Retail
  • September 2014
  • Article

Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials

By: William R. Kerr
In cross-sectional studies, countries with greater income inequality typically exhibit less support for government-led redistribution and greater acceptance of wage inequality (e.g., United States versus Western Europe). If individual nations evolve along this pattern,... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Income; Government and Politics
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Wyss House | About

Wyss House Hansjörg Wyss accepts the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association's Beatrice D. Ellerin Alumni Achievement Award, 2007. Wyss House is named in honor of Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965) in recognition of his distinguished accomplishments... View Details
  • March 2022
  • Article

How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons

By: Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
The vast majority of the pay inequality in an organization comes from differences in pay between employees and their bosses. But are employees aware of these pay disparities? Are employees demotivated by this inequality? To address these questions, we conducted a... View Details
Keywords: Salary; Inequality; Managers; Career Concerns; Pay Transparency; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Perception; Behavior
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  • 20 Jan 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Income Inequality and Social Preferences for Redistribution and Compensation Differentials

Keywords: by William R. Kerr
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Read All About It!

many households, the most important symbol of their place and economic possibilities was where they lived. Before World War II, about 40 percent of families owned their own home. In 1970, a firm majority — 62 percent — did. By the late... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others

By: Rafael Di Tella and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
In this paper we present the results from a "corruption game" (a dictator game modified so that the second player can accept a side payment that reduces the overall size of the pie). Dictators (silently) treated to have the possibility of taking a larger proportion of... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Game Theory; Personal Characteristics
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  • 08 Aug 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

MarsYu Who says finance is boring? These stories, written about HBS faculty research and case studies, cover such diverse topics as financial adviser robots, the rise of impact investing, and the tell-tale signs that brokers are giving... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
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Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs About Others' Altruism

By: Rafael Di Tella, Ricardo Perez-Truglia, Andres Babino and Mariano Sigman
We present results from a “corruption game” (a dictator game modified so that recipients can take a side payment in exchange for accepting a reduction in the overall size of the pie). Dictators (silently) treated to be able to take more of the recipient’s tokens, took... View Details
Keywords: Convenient Beliefs; Cognitive Dissonance; Values and Beliefs; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking
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  • 2013
  • Book

Constructing Green: The Social Structures of Sustainability

By: Rebecca Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman
Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Green Building; Transition; Social Issues
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  • 02 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy

  Book Excerpt A Social Strategy: How We Profit From Social Media Mikolaj Jan Piskorski Read An Excerpt "LinkedIn alleviates the offline normative restriction by giving us plausible deniability," Piskorski... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Burden Park | About

honor.” Accepting the gift, Dean George P. Baker voiced the School’s “profound gratitude,” noting the importance of having a building on campus “capable of seating more than an entire MBA class at one time.” In addition to their... View Details
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Driving Social Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Driving Social Change Background I’ve always been interested in public sector issues and what we call “institutional change,” especially change that breaks with the accepted norms. I studied the English... View Details
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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

flights; the purpose of this policy is to help clarify acceptable use and safety of UAS on or above the HBS campus. Drug & Alcohol Policy Harvard Business School’s policy on drugs and alcohol reflects our View Details
  • 15 Aug 2019
  • Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

compelling. It is a fun and engaging learning experience. I was 28 when I started and was concerned about the opportunity cost. But, at HBS, there are financial resources available to make the transition... View Details
  • 03 Apr 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

SUMMING UP: Investment in Human Infrastructure: Not Whether But How? Few dispute the notion that a significant US investment in human infrastructure is warranted and timely, although there were significant differences of opinion about how... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction
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Instagram Takeover Policy | About

information, full name (without consent), and specifics about housing or residence areas. ___ Post, re-post, favorite, or respond to negative, offensive, discriminatory, or defamatory content. ___ Hide or delete any comments. If you see a... View Details
  • 13 Nov 2017
  • Blog Post

5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS

The first time I thought seriously about the Harvard MBA was after work colleagues suggested I apply. It sounded daunting, but I like challenges and I had little to lose. I wanted to test myself at this new level, get an international... View Details
  • 10 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

negotiated relationship that individuals have with other individuals or that individuals have with society. In addition, there is a cultural quality about what constitutes a leader that changes across social... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education