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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Networking Frictions: Evidence from Entrepreneurial Networking Events in Lomé

By: Stefan Dimitiadis and Rembrand Koning
Spatial proximity between firms plays a crucial role in entrepreneurship by creating knowledge spillovers, enabling resource sharing, and sparking productivity gains. Building on these insights, research has explored whether institutions and organizations can engineer... View Details
Keywords: Local Range; Knowledge Sharing; Performance Productivity; Togo
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    Innovations in Governance

    In this paper we explore the innovations in governance that have promoted investment and growth. Some policymakers have tinkered with their country's institutions, some have undertaken wholesale changes, while others have attempted to influence the rules in other... View Details

      Transforming Customer Engagement

      Against a backdrop of intensifying competition, rising labor costs, and ascending customer expectations, companies are actively seeking ways to do more with less – for example, compelling customers to take on new roles in the value creation process. And, when... View Details

      • 31 Jul 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: July 31

      Experiment 3, we explored the development of this concern with appearing fair by using a wider age range (6- to 11-year-olds) and a different method. In this experiment, children chose how to assign a good... View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • June 2011 (Revised June 2013)
      • Case

      Sino-Ocean Land: Responding to Change

      By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Jeffrey Hu and Runjiao Xu
      In 2010, Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited was a highly successful, large real estate developer based in Beijing, China. Sino-Ocean Land had three main business segments—property development, property investment/management, and other real estate related businesses. From... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Diversification; Property; Policy; State Ownership; Business Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Real Estate Industry; Beijing
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        Airbnb During the Pandemic—Stakeholder Capitalism Faces a Critical Test

        As the covid pandemic spread in early 2020, global travel ground to a halt. For Airbnb, the San Francisco-based platform for renting accommodations, the impact was both swift and severe as revenues plummeted more than 70% over the prior year. Responding to the... View Details
        • Web

        Finding Talent Opportunities

        breakthroughs in generative AI, quantum computing, cloud computing, and robotics redefining the future. Employment Data We provide statistics about current and past graduating classes, on internships View Details
        • 11 May 2022
        • Blog Post

        MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

        explored where I want my career to go and has given me a different perspective to bring to the classroom. HBS has great formal support for families through the MoMBA club and... View Details
        • 2020
        • Working Paper

        When Do Experts Listen to Other Experts? The Role of Negative Information in Expert Evaluations for Novel Projects

        By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Misha Teplitskiy, Gary Gray, Hardeep Ranu, Michael Menietti, Eva C. Guinan and Karim R. Lakhani
        The evaluation of novel projects lies at the heart of scientific and technological innovation, and yet literature suggests that this process is subject to inconsistency and potential biases. This paper investigates the role of information sharing among experts as the... View Details
        Keywords: Project Evaluation; Innovation; Knowledge Frontier; Negativity Bias; Projects; Innovation and Invention; Information; Diversity; Judgments
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        • 15 Sep 2021
        • Research & Ideas

        Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News

        versions, Exley and Judd Kessler, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, took a new approach to exploring reasons people avoid information. Separating excuses from other motives... View Details
        Keywords: by Kristen Senz
        • 22 Apr 2002
        • Research & Ideas

        Does Spirituality Drive Success?

        Executives from a wide range of industries trooped to Harvard Business School to discuss how their spirituality helps them be powerful leaders. The stories emerged from three panel sessions at the Möbius Leadership Forum, held April 11-12. The conference View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild
        • February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
        • Case

        Messer Griesheim (A)

        By: Josh Lerner, Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Eva Lutz and Kerry Herman
        In 2001, Allianz Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs acquired a majority stake in Messer Griesheim, a European industrial gas concern held by Hoechst. The dealmakers faced several challenges, including delicate corporate governance issues due to partial family ownership... View Details
        Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership; Chemical Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Europe
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        • January 2025 (Revised April 2025)
        • Case

        Duolingo: On a 'Streak'

        By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Nicole Tempest Keller and Nicole Luo
        In December 2024, Severin Hacker, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Duolingo, reflected on the remarkable evolution of the language-learning app he helped launch in 2011. As the #1 most downloaded education app in the world, Duolingo had over 100 million... View Details
        Keywords: Learning; AI and Machine Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Diversification; Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Technology Industry; Education Industry; United States
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        Events - Health Care

        they are identified and supported. For this discussion, we'll explore a number of key topics, including: · What is meant by the term "unpaid caregiver"? Who does that include? What are the challenges they... View Details
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        HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement

        tag Health Care Innovation Health Care at HBS Kasite Ugo-beke’s journey from Nigeria to Harvard Business School is a testament to the power of passion and purpose in healthcare innovation. From early experiences witnessing healthcare gaps... View Details
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        Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

        the event under our new name, the Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium The theme we’ll explore this year is “Tools for Humanity: Rage and Love as Acts of Resistance and... View Details
        • Teaching Interest

        Supply Chain Management

        By: Kris Johnson Ferreira

        The Supply Chain Management (SCM) course builds on aspects of the first-year Technology and Operations Management (RC TOM) course. However, whereas RC TOM focuses primarily on developing and producing products and services, SCM emphasizes managing... View Details

        • 24 Apr 2012
        • First Look

        First Look: April 24

        by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study investigates this idea empirically using personnel and lending data from a financial services organization that implemented... View Details
        Keywords: Carmen Nobel
        • August 2024
        • Article

        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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        • 27 Aug 2013
        • First Look

        First Look: August 27

        Intellectual Property: An Integrated Approach By: Fisher III, William W., and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract—In many organizations, the R&D, strategy, and legal functions are poorly integrated. As a... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne