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    Jeffrey T. Polzer

    Jeff Polzer is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He studies how people collaborate in teams and across organizational networks to accomplish their individual and collective... View Details

    • 2009
    • Case

    The Prediction Lover's Handbook

    By: Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris
    When picking assessment tools to inform better decisions about future paths, executives are faced with a wide variety of options--some of which are well established, while others are in early stages of development. The authors provide an insider's guide to prediction... View Details
    Keywords: Analytics; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction
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    Building Effective Relationships Across Cultures

    Trust is the foundation of any successful collaborative relationship. In my first stream of research, I draw on the basic distinction between cognition-based versus affect-based trust– that is, trust from the head versus trust from the heart – to better... View Details
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    Overview

    Professor Myers studies the ways people learn from their own—and others’—experiences at work, with a particular emphasis on learning in health care organizations and emergency medical contexts. Though his interest is in individual-level learning, he focuses in... View Details
    Keywords: Learning And Development; Learning Organizations; Learning By Doing; Health Care Industry; Innovation; Identity Construction; Medical Error; Knowledge Development; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Work; Learning; Leadership Development; Knowledge Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Health Industry; United States; Singapore; Asia
    • July 2011
    • Case

    Teach Plus: Mobilizing a New Generation of Teacher Leaders

    By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary
    This case profiles the evolution of Teach Plus, a non-profit organization founded on the premise that in order for public schools to continuously improve urban student achievement, teaching must become a career that motivates and retains effective early career... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Decision Making; Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Teaching; Cambridge; Boston
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    • December 2021
    • Article

    Cash-for-Information Whistleblower Programs: Effects on Whistleblowing and Consequences for Whistleblowers

    By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos
    We study the effect of financial incentives on whistleblowing and the consequences for whistleblowers under the cash-for-information program of the False Claims Act (FCA). Exploiting appeals-court decisions that increase financial incentives for whistleblowing, we find... View Details
    Keywords: Whistleblowers; Cash-for-information Whistleblower Programs; False Claims Act; Corporate Misconduct; Consequences For Whistleblowers; Crime and Corruption; Information; Cost
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    • February 4, 2017
    • Article

    Historical Transformations in Boundary and Land Use in New Delhi's Urban Villages

    By: Sudev J Sheth
    New Delhi’s “urban villages” are the result of government land acquisitions that began in 1912 and continued into the 1960s. Since the 1980s, growing demand for real estate within the city has engendered unprecedented residential and commercial development in these... View Details
    Keywords: India; Urban Planning; Eminent Domain; Land Politics; Real Estate; History; City; Planning; Urban Scope; India; Delhi
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    • December 2010
    • Case

    The Israeli-Palestinian Negotiating Partners: 2010 Strategic Re-assessment

    By: James K. Sebenius and Shula Gilad
    A network of influential Israelis and Palestinians, jointly trained in negotiation at Harvard since 2002, faces organizational, strategic, and funding challenges in 2010. Unlike "people-to-people" or "Track II" initiatives, the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiating Partners... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Negotiation Participants; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy
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    • June 2010 (Revised February 2011)
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    The Fox Islands Wind Project (A)

    By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, James Thomas Corcoran, Max Gazor, Dylan Hogarty and Alexander H. Somers, Jr.
    The market for electricity on the Fox Islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven, Maine is unique and costly for residents. Historically, electricity prices on the islands had been three times the national average because of the high cost of importing electricity via an... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Cost; Financing and Loans; Projects; Business and Community Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Maine
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    • 21 Nov 2006
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    First Look: November 21, 2006

    social networking industry in 2003, but has been overtaken by MySpace and Facebook. The two options are: 1) offer new features to help members enhance their offline lives, such as arranging events with their... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Jeremy Yang

      Jeremy Yang is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Marketing in the MBA required curriculum. He develops data products for... View Details
      Keywords: advertising; media; entertainment; information; consumer products

        Sara McKinley Torti

        Sara Torti is a senior product and operating executive who has focused extensively on creating and scaling technology-based businesses that require a combination of detailed execution, business insight and technical acumen. She has grown products... 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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        • 18 Mar 2008
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        First Look: March 18, 2008

        leadership is useful in identifying potentially effective spreaders of WOM among very loyal customers, it is less useful for the sample of less loyal customers. We suggest a measure of one's social network... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 02 Jan 2007
        • Research & Ideas

        Most Popular Articles of 2006

        item popularity curve. Jim Heskett asks: Does the Long Tail represent a paradigm shift for business and consumer behavior? What are its implications for management going forward? Is MySpace.com Your Space? Social View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
        • 21 Nov 2005
        • Research & Ideas

        The Geography of Corporate Giving

        systems that include common club memberships and overlapping boards. These connections help inform companies what others in their local area are doing and directly put them in touch with local needs. Prior research on Minneapolis has shown how local clubs and the View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
        • 25 Mar 2021
        • Blog Post

        Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!

        the myriad social and co-curricular opportunities available during their time here. So how can they help? The MBA Student & Academic Services Support Services team provides direct support, counseling, and advising to all HBS students... View Details
        • 17 Aug 2010
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        First Look: August 17

        organizational theory of the multinational firm states that foreignness is a liability to be overcome, in particular that being a foreigner "unembedded" in host-country social networks is a source... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
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        Strategy and Technology

        By: Andy Wu

        The Strategy and Technology elective course explores the unique aspects of creating effective strategies for technology-intensive businesses.

        • What strategies win in markets with network effects?
        • How can technology be... View Details
        • 28 Apr 2020
        • Blog Post

        HBS African American Student Union

        extra-curricular activities.   Clubs also sponsor a variety of events such as workshops, speakers, and conferences that provide distinct opportunities for learning, networking, and socializing outside of the classroom. As part of our MBA... View Details