Information Networks - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2010
Article

Change for Change's Sake

By: Freek Vermeulen, Phanish Puranam and Ranjay Gulati

No one disputes that firms have to make organizational changes when the business environment demands them. But the idea that a firm might want change for its own sake often provokes skepticism. Why inflict all that pain if you don't have to? That is a dangerous... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Innovation and Invention; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Creativity; Power and Influence; Adaptation

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11 May 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Targeting High Ability Entrepreneurs Using Community Information: Mechanism Design in the Field

Keywords: by Reshmaan Hussam, Natalia Rigol, and Benjamin N. Roth

Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—India

Executive Leadership Program—India, you will become a lifetime member of the HBS alumni community—gaining exclusive access to our vast global alumni network and an array of resources that facilitate lifelong learning, growth, and success.... View Details

Stefan H. Thomke

Stefan Thomke (sthomke@hbs.edu), an authority on the management of innovation, is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has worked with firms on product, process, and... View Details

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Authentic Leader Development

teamwork and helps individuals at all levels of the organization to realize their leadership potential Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with... View Details

24 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

economies. Consistent with the presence of network effects in IFRS adoption, we find that a country is more likely to adopt IFRS if other countries in its geographical region are IFRS adopters. (No PDF is available.) Cases & Course... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: 3M

recruiting tactics have you found most successful in engaging with students at HBS?3M has connected with strong candidates through hosting a presentation on Company Information Day and offering Company Appointments. We encourage... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

Program

Succeeding as a Strategic CFO

value Effectively communicate and collaborate with leaders and teams across different functional areas and levels Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with... View Details

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Women on Boards

Summary Traditionally, the majority of board appointments are made through informal networks that are especially hard for women to break into. Designed specifically for top women executives, this program... View Details

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Resumes & Cover Letters - Alumni

get started. You should complete your Profile in 12twenty by updating your Background tab which contains information about your career experience, skills, preferences and more. Ensuring your Background tab is complete and accurate will... View Details

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Managing Health Care Delivery

subspecialty chiefs, nurse executives, and leaders from physician network organizations Administrative executives and those in functions such as innovation, strategy, information technology, finance, and... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

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Managing Turbulence

Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries around the globe Build relationships with a... View Details

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

productivity, how many people they see. They have lousy information systems to back them up. And then they have a public policy establishment that more or less continuously deprecates their ideas and squeezes down their income. Not a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

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Social Learning

One major area of my research is social learning: the ways and extent to which people discover what they want and need from the behavior and opinions of others. Social learning takes many forms. Probably most obvious is word of mouth—the advice and... View Details

2021
Article

Fair Influence Maximization: A Welfare Optimization Approach

By: Aida Rahmattalabi, Shahin Jabbari, Himabindu Lakkaraju, Phebe Vayanos, Max Izenberg, Ryan Brown, Eric Rice and Milind Tambe

Several behavioral, social, and public health interventions, such as suicide/HIV prevention or community preparedness against natural disasters, leverage social network information to maximize outreach. Algorithmic influence maximization techniques have been proposed... View Details

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Program

High Potentials Leadership Program

information and defend your decisions, and what it takes to motivate a diverse workforce. In the process, you will transform your leadership approach and optimize your potential to stay on the fast track throughout your career. Details... View Details

Karim R. Lakhani

Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details

Keywords: information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry

28 Nov 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Wayfair

internet sector since 1995 and have created a company culture deeply rooted in technology. Tech, data and analytics inform everything we do and are critical to our rapid growth and share gain. We are headquartered in Boston with locations... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—Middle East

networking opportunities to participants from the region and to those from organizations initiating or expanding their Middle Eastern presence. An Exceptional Learning Experience When you participate in an HBS Executive Education program,... View Details

Regina E. Herzlinger

Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She was the first woman to be tenured and chaired at Harvard Business School and serve on many established and start-up corporate health care/medical... View Details

Keywords: health care; insurance industry; medical devices; retailing; digital health

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