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  • Nov 19 2020
  • Testimonial

Embracing a New Virtual Reality

  • Profile

Rocio Parra

culture and change, while Power and Influence will help me better navigate networks, politics and bias. My experience leading two HBS student clubs has also been great preparation for my job. I've learned to work with diverse personalities, motivate and manage View Details
Keywords: Retail

    Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile

    We test the effectiveness of self-help peer groups as a commitment device for precautionary savings, through two randomized field experiments among 2,687 microentrepreneurs in Chile. The first experiment finds that self-help peer groups are a powerful tool to... View Details

    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile

    By: Felipe Kast, Stephan Meier and Dina Pomeranz
    We test the impact of a peer group savings program on precautionary savings through two randomized field experiments among 2,687 microcredit clients. The first experiment finds that the Peer Group Treatment, which combines public goal setting, monitoring in the group,... View Details
    Keywords: Saving; Decision Making; Interest Rates; Planning; Performance Effectiveness; Economics; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Social Enterprise; Global Range; Chile
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    • Awards

    EGOS Andreas Al-Laham Best Paper Award

    By: Andy Wu
    Winner of the 2018 European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) Andreas Al-Laham Best Paper Award with Shelby Gai and J. Yo-Jud Cheng for “Intra-Organizational Brokerage Ability and Motivation: Inter-Board-Committee Coordination after Peer Restatement Events.” View Details
    • 12 Feb 2012
    • News

    True North Groups: A Talk With Bill George

    • 13 May 2016
    • Video

    Getting to know the 2016 Class Day student speaker

    • March 2004 (Revised July 2005)
    • Case

    ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time

    By: Michael Chu
    ACCION International has been a major innovator in microfinance for 30 years. Reviews organizational context under which key industry-shaping concepts were developed (from peer group lending, guarantee funds, equity investment funds, and regulated commercial banking... View Details
    Keywords: Joint Ventures; Equity; Microfinance; Employee Relationship Management; Non-Governmental Organizations
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    • 02 May 2011
    • News

    Three Leadership Steps to Defuse Tense Situations

    • 24 Feb 2015
    • Video

    Rock 100 Summit

    • March 1998
    • Teaching Note

    The Job Search Workshop TN

    By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
    An effective catalyst for the job search, this note is an opportunity for students to focus on the "next steps" of their job search. Students are introduced to a model of career decision-making, which frames their discussion and sophisticates their understanding of the... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Job Search; Personal Development and Career
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    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Will I Stay or Will I Go?: Cooperative and Competitive Effects of Workgroup Sex and Race Composition on Turnover

    By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L Milkman
    We develop an integrated theory of the social identity mechanisms linking workgroup sex and race composition across levels with individual turnover. Building on social identity research, we theorize that social cohesion (Tyler, 1999; Hogg and Terry, 2000) and social... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Ethnicity; Race; Groups and Teams; Identity; Resignation and Termination; Gender; Cooperation
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    • Article

    Four Things No One Will Tell You About ESG Data

    By: Sakis Kotsantonis and George Serafeim
    As the ESG finance field and the use of ESG data in investment decision-making continue to grow, the authors seek to shed light on several important aspects of ESG measurement and data. This article is intended to provide a useful guide for the rapidly rising number of... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Reporting; Data Analytics; Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; CSR; Transparency; Investment Management; Socially Responsible Investing; Sustainable Finance; Sustainable Development; Inclusion; Inclusive Growth; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Investment; Management; Climate Change; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Integrated Corporate Reporting
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    • Research Summary

    Savings among microentrepreneurs

    Poverty is often characterized not only by low average income, but also by highly variable income and expenditures, and by a lack of access to insurance services that can help smooth consumption. While commitment devices such as defaults and direct deposits from... View Details

    • 2013
    • White Paper

    Building and Governing a Democratic Federation: The ActionAid International Story

    By: Sherine Jayawickrama and Alnoor Ebrahim
    This report examines the governance model and reform process of an international nongovernmental organization (INGO), ActionAid International (AAI). It describes the evolution of AAI's governance model and draws key lessons for peer INGOs. The paper is based on a... View Details
    Keywords: Governance; NGO; Accountability; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Non-Governmental Organizations
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    • August 2024
    • Case

    Scaling Seven Starling

    By: Ryan W. Buell and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    Seven Starling, a maternal mental health startup, is scaling its digital clinic model. Seven Starling addresses perinatal mental health challenges by providing licensed therapists, peer support, and medication to mothers across five states, with a hybrid care model... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry
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    • September 2016
    • Case

    Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

    By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Ricardo Andrade
    Partners Group (PG), a Swiss-based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Management Practices and Processes; Entrepreneurship
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    • TeachingInterests

    Investment Management Workshop

    By: Luis M. Viceira
    Investing and Strategic Decision-Making for Principals, Portfolio Managers, and Executives of Asset Management Firms

    For nearly 50 years, the Investment Management Workshop (IMW) has convened the world's top principals, portfolio managers, and... View Details
    • Teaching Interest

    MBA Required Curriculum Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)

    By: Rakesh Khurana

    This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.

    The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of:

    • 31 Jan 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 31

    develop and may interact with credibility in complex ways, so that relational contracts may often be difficult to build. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-061.pdf Under-Savers Anonymous: Evidence on Self-Help Groups... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel