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- 2023
- Article
Estimating Causal Peer Influence in Homophilous Social Networks by Inferring Latent Locations.
By: Edward McFowland III and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi
Social influence cannot be identified from purely observational data on social networks, because such influence is generically confounded with latent homophily, that is, with a node’s network partners being informative about the node’s attributes and therefore its... View Details
Keywords: Causal Inference; Homophily; Social Networks; Peer Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Power and Influence; Mathematical Methods
McFowland III, Edward, and Cosma Rohilla Shalizi. "Estimating Causal Peer Influence in Homophilous Social Networks by Inferring Latent Locations." Journal of the American Statistical Association 118, no. 541 (2023): 707–718.
- 31 Jan 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Peer Effects and Entrepreneurship
Keywords: by Ramana Nanda & Jesper B. Sørensen
- 28 Feb 2012
- News
The Year of the Peer Advisory Group
- 24 Jun 2014
- Video
The Power of Peers
Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation
This study suggests that peer comparison affects both wage setting and productivity within firms. We report three changes in division manager compensation following a 1991-1992 controversy over executive pay. We argue that this... View Details
- April 2019 (Revised January 2025)
- Case
Clear Link Technologies, LLC: Driving Sales with Peer Effects
By: Christopher Stanton, Richard Saouma and Olivia Hull
The importance of a good peer or coworker is widely discussed, but understanding the glue that makes coworkers valuable is less understood. This case sheds light on the importance of peers and the practices and environments that make a group greater than the sum of its... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Interactive Communication; Experience and Expertise; Decision Making; Training; Design; Compensation and Benefits; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Measurement and Metrics; Outcome or Result; Performance; Performance Improvement; Research; Sales; Salesforce Management; Motivation and Incentives; Telecommunications Industry; Utah; United States
Stanton, Christopher, Richard Saouma, and Olivia Hull. "Clear Link Technologies, LLC: Driving Sales with Peer Effects." Harvard Business School Case 819-072, April 2019. (Revised January 2025.)
- 20 Nov 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation
Keywords: by Claudine Gartenberg & Julie Wulf
- 16 Nov 2012
- News
Does Peer Pressure Encourage Saving?
- Article
The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions
By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Katherine L. Milkman
Using a field experiment in a 401(k) plan, we measure the effect of disseminating information about peer behavior on savings. Low-saving employees received simplified plan enrollment or contribution increase forms. A randomized subset of forms stated the fraction of... View Details
Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Katherine L. Milkman. "The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions." Journal of Finance 70, no. 3 (June 2015): 1161–1201.
- 22 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space
- 22 Feb 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Incentives, Peer Pressure, and Behavior Persistence
- 15 Oct 2012
- News
“Under-Savers Anonymous”: Using Peer Pressure to Save More Money
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
Younger Americans Fare Poorly on Skills Against International Peers
- 12 Feb 2015
- News
How to Deal When You’re Promoted Above Your Peers
- 17 Aug 2018
- News
How your peers can help your start-up
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
Justin Dawe (MBA 2007), president, Scoot Networks (photo courtesy of Scoot Networks) What do you think the state of the energy industry will be in 2030? HBS students in the Energy and Environment Club asked alumni working in the field to... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
An Evaluation of Compensation Benchmarking Peer Groups Based on Mutual Peer-Designating Behaviors
By: Jee Eun Shin
In this paper, I argue that firms mutually recognizing each other as compensation benchmarking peers constitute viable competitors in the same CEO labor market, and that non-mutual peer relationships can serve as a tool to evaluate firms’ executive compensation... View Details
Keywords: Executive Compensation
Shin, Jee Eun. "An Evaluation of Compensation Benchmarking Peer Groups Based on Mutual Peer-Designating Behaviors." Working Paper, December 2016.
- 25 Jan 2010
- News
How Peer Pressure Can Help You Save
- 27 Jul 2022
- News