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Organizational Emplacement as a Response to Digital Threat: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores

By: Ryan Raffaelli and Ryann Noe
This study reveals how incumbent actors leverage physical place as source of differentiation in response to the threat of digital commoditization. Through a longitudinal, qualitative analysis of the U.S. independent bookselling industry from 1995 to 2019, we outline... View Details
Keywords: Retail; Place Making; Bookstores; Industry Evolution; Digital; Commoditization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Digital Transformation; E-commerce; Distribution Channels; Civil Society or Community; Value Creation; Retail Industry
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  • Web

HBS Fund - Alumni

insights, and convene scholars and practitioners on today’s societal challenges and opportunities. Community and Culture Foster a community where students, faculty, and staff can thrive while advancing... View Details
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Volunteer - Alumni

Volunteer Alumni support the School and the global alumni community by volunteering in a wide range of important roles, from reunion planning to fundraising to writing Class Notes. Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring... View Details
  • 13 Jun 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen

pandemic-related stress. Teams are often reconnecting through online platforms like Zoom where it can be harder to read social cues. “When you're engaging with an extrovert in conversation, they may be gregarious, they may be outgoing,... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • Web

General Management - Faculty & Research

technological advancements such as online dating, reproductive technologies, and artificial intelligence. Historically, marriage has evolved from a contract for economic and reproductive security to a more personal commitment centered on... View Details
  • Web

Privacy Notice | About

privacy settings chosen by individual alumni participants. Data in the alumni directory include but are not limited to: contact information, employment history, interests, and education history and are intended to facilitate inter-alumni communication, as well as View Details
  • January 23, 2023
  • Article

Digital Public Health Interventions at Scale: The Impact of Social Media Advertising on Beliefs and Outcomes Related to COVID Vaccines

By: Susan Athey, Kristen Grabarz, Michael Luca and Nils Wernerfelt
Public health organizations increasingly use social media advertising campaigns in pursuit of public health goals. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of about $40 million of social media advertisements that were run and experimentally tested on Facebook and... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Public Health; Vaccines; Social Media; Advertising; Power and Influence; Health Care and Treatment
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  • 24 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together

to a rite of passage like a wedding. Group rituals abound in the world of sports; for example, Notre Dame’s football team always walks the same route to the stadium. Many group activities involve food, from community potlucks to global... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

made a positive impact on Harvard, Harvard Business School, and/or broader communities through exceptional acts of leadership. Nominations come from across the HBS community, and recipients are recognized during graduation week. Dean’s... View Details
  • April 2025
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Serving with a Smile on Airbnb: Analyzing the Economic Returns and Behavioral Underpinnings of the Host’s Smile

By: Shunyuan Zhang, Elizabeth Friedman, Kannan Srinivasan, Ravi Dhar and Xupin Zhang
Non-informational cues, such as facial expressions, can significantly influence judgments and interpersonal impressions. While past research has explored how smiling affects business outcomes in offline or in-store contexts, relatively less is known about how smiling... View Details
Keywords: Sharing Economy; Airbnb; Image Feature Extraction; Machine Learning; Facial Expressions; Prejudice and Bias; Nonverbal Communication; E-commerce; Consumer Behavior; Perception
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States

By: Amory Gethin and Vincent Pons
Recent social movements stand out by their spontaneous nature and lack of stable leadership, raising doubts on their ability to generate political change. This article provides systematic evidence on the effects of protests on public opinion and political attitudes.... View Details
Keywords: Attitudes; Social Issues; Voting; Public Opinion; Social Media
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  • April 2019
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Mitigating Malicious Envy: Why Successful Individuals Should Reveal Their Failures

By: Alison Wood Brooks, Karen Huang, Nicole Abi-Esber, Ryan W. Buell, Laura Huang and Brian Hall
People often feel malicious envy, a destructive interpersonal emotion, when they compare themselves to successful peers. Across three online experiments and a field experiment of entrepreneurs, we identify an interpersonal strategy that can mitigate feelings of... View Details
Keywords: Emotions; Perception; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Strategy
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Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship

Aracruz Celulose MBA 1948 Georg Ludviksson Meniga MBA 2008 Andrew K. Ludwick SynOptics Communications MBA 1969 Dan W. Lufkin Donaldson, Lufkin, Jenrette MBA 1957 Phong Ly iSeeCars.com MBA 2000 Greg Mackin ParcelHome MBA 2007 Narendra... View Details
  • August 2024
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Partisans neither Expect nor Receive Reputational Rewards for Sharing Falsehoods over Truth Online.

By: Isaias Ghezae, Jillian J. Jordan, Izzy Gainsburg, Mohsen Mosleh, Gordon Pennycook, Robb Willer and David Rand
A frequently invoked explanation for the sharing of false over true political information is that partisans are motivated by their reputations. In particular, it is often argued that by indiscriminately sharing news that is favorable to one’s political party,... View Details
Keywords: Political Ideology; Reputation; Communication Intention and Meaning; Social Media; News
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  • 16 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers

savviest of online applicants. “You look at an online job application, and it's incredibly user unfriendly,” Fuller says. “Companies invest tens of millions of dollars on user experience for customers, but... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology
  • 14 Aug 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54794 Harvard Business School Case 518-047 Armarium: Luxury Fashion Brands for Rent Armarium, a two-sided online platform that offered consumers the opportunity to rent the most coveted,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2023
  • News

Spreading the Words

into the hands of its customers. His solution—electronic ticketing and online self-booking—came through the transformative power of digital technology. “Before long you start to think, What about worldwide impact? What about social... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 10 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 10

interaction between analysts and managers on conference calls. The evidence suggests that private interaction with management is an important communication channel for analysts for reasons other than firm-specific forecasting news.  ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

The practice of investment is changing. A rapidly growing share of assets around the globe are making investment choices targeting not just return, but also sustainability, values-alignment or impact. An active community of faculty are... View Details