Publications

Article

Timing in the Absence of Clocks: Encoding Time in Neural Network States

By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Dean V. Buonomano

2000
Working Paper

Resources, Power and Prestige: Formulation of Structural Inequality in Social Exchange Networks

By: Bharat Anand and M.J. Piskorski

04 Dec 2024
Podcast

Using AI to Fight Wildfires: How Dryad Networks is Scaling Climate Technology

Carsten Brinkschulte is the CEO of Dryad, a company that leverages AI to detect wildfires early and prevent catastrophic damage. Carsten shares his journey from a telecom entrepreneur to climate tech innovator, explaining how Dryad’s solar-powered sensors and mesh... View Details

August 2012 (Revised October 2015)
Case

LinkedIn Corporation, 2012

By: David Yoffie and Liz Kind

Since its inception in 2003, LinkedIn had become a leading Silicon Valley institution with a brand name that was recognizable throughout the U.S. and in many countries overseas. As of March 2012, LinkedIn was the world's largest professional network on the Internet... View Details

Keywords: Social Networking; Media; Technology; Strategy; Growth Management; Internet and the Web; Corporate Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks; Brands and Branding; Social Media; Service Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; California

Educators

June 2004 (Revised October 2004)
Teaching Note

International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (TN) (A & B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

Teaching Note to (9-204-083) and (9-204-139). View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability

November 1995
Case

First Pacific Company Limited: From Letters of Credit to Personal Communications Networks

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Keywords: Financial Services Industry

October 2015
Case

Facebook: The First Ten Years

By: Shane Greenstein, Marco Iansiti and Christine Snively

Facebook celebrated its ten year anniversary in February 2014. Over the past decade it has grown into the largest social network in the world with one billion users. After filing an IPO in 2012 at a $104 billion valuation (the third largest IPO in U.S. history), the... View Details

Keywords: Social Networks; Technology; Facebook; Entrepreneurship; Profit; Open Source Distribution; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Social Media; Information Technology Industry

Educators

16 Nov 2021
News

Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest

Clubs News Clubs News Reconnecting and Reimagining the Future at Global Networking Night The 2021 HBS Global Networking Night (GNN), held on October 20, celebrated 55 global alumni events from 45 clubs,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

2008
Working Paper

I Am Not on the Market, I Am Here with Friends: Using On-Line Social Networks to Find a Job or a Spouse

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

Sociologists have extensively documented that networks influence market exchange through improved matching and vouching. In this paper, I propose that networks can also blunt the signal of market participation, as actors who are on the market surrounded by their... View Details

Keywords: Job Search; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology

Article

Guanxi versus Networking: Distinctive Configurations of Affect- and Cognition-based Trust in the Networks of Chinese and American Managers

By: Roy Y.J. Chua, M.W. Morris and P. Ingram

This research investigates hypotheses about differences between Chinese and American managers in the configuration of trusting relationships within their professional networks. Consistent with hypotheses about Chinese familial collectivism, an egocentric network survey... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Managerial Roles; Relationships; Cognition and Thinking; Emotions; Social and Collaborative Networks; Trust; China; United States

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December 2000
Teaching Note

Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (A): The Intelligent Network TN

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne

Teaching Note for (9-399-029). View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; New Jersey

11 Mar 2022
News

LinkedIn Launched A Career-Oriented Podcast Network For Its Over 800 Million Members

June 2002
Case

Tale of Two Airlines in the Network Age: Or Why the Spirit of King George III Is Alive and Well!

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Describes an airline service incident that ought not to have happened in the network age. Inadequate use of available technology creates service problems. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Information Management; Information Technology; Service Delivery; Problems and Challenges; Air Transportation Industry

Educators

2011
Article

Smart News Feeds for Social Networks Using Scalable Joint Latent Factor Models

By: Himabindu Lakkaraju, Angshu Rai and Srujana Merugu

Read Now

29 Sep 2020
Blog Post

New Life for Old Tech: Startup Provides Network Security Solutions for Obsolete Devices

MRI machines play a critical role in hospital operations. Yet, like other legacy devices that typically have decades-long life cycles, MRI machines are likely to have been purchased long before network or device security were top of mind.... View Details

2009
Article

Caught in the Net: Lessons from the Financial Crisis for a Networked Future

By: Gautam Mukunda and William J. Troy

Keywords: Financial Crisis

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2013
Conference Presentation

Brokerage Spaces: How Informal Networks Transform Formal Structure In The Pursuit Of Complex Tasks

By: Ranjay Gulati and Luciana Silvestri

Keywords: Cognition; Collaboration; Networks; Organizational Structure; Cognition and Thinking