Publications

September 7, 2020
Article

Remote Networking as a Person of Color

By: Laura Morgan Roberts and Anthony J. Mayo

In remote work situations, where people cannot rely on impromptu elevator conversations or water cooler chats with coworkers, the answer isn’t to turn inward. In fact, the need for networking is even more important. In particular, our interactions with people whose... View Details

Keywords: Remote Work; Networking; Networks; Interpersonal Communication; Race

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Aug 2010 - 2010
Conference Presentation

Power, Social Influence and Organizational Change: A Network Perspective

By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro

Keywords: Organizations; Change; Power and Influence

2019
Working Paper

Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr

Networking and the giving and receiving of advice outside of one’s own firm are important features of entrepreneurship and innovation. We study how immigrants and natives utilize the potential networking opportunities provided by CIC, formerly known as the Cambridge... View Details

Keywords: Immigrants; Networking; Advice; Entrepreneurs; Inventors; Start-up Employees; Venturing; Co-working; Agglomeration; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Innovation and Invention; Social and Collaborative Networks

2001
Conference Presentation

Trust in Business-to-Business Relationships: Combining Social and Electronic Networks

By: Ranjay Gulati

12 Nov 2012
News

Boston Veterans Launch Military Social Network

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

18 Mar 2011
News

Social Networks Will Change Product Innovation

2010
Article

Power, Social Influence and Organizational Change: A Network Perspective

By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro

Keywords: Organizations; Change; Perspective

Article

How Social Networks Are Changing Everything

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport

Keywords: Technology; Digital Services; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Marketing

We propose that managers adept at thinking about their cultural assumptions (cultural metacognition) are more likely than others to develop affect-based trust in their relationships with people from different cultures, enabling creative collaboration. Study 1, a... View Details

Article

Trust and Collaboration in the Aftermath of Conflict: The Effects of Contract Structure

By: Deepak Malhotra and Fabrice Lumineau

Leveraging a longitudinal dataset concerning 102 inter-firm disputes, we evaluate the effects of contract structure on trust and on the likelihood of continued collaboration. We theoretically refine and empirically extend prior research by (a) distinguishing between... View Details

Keywords: Collaboration; Contract Structure; Contracts; Design; Trust; Conflict and Resolution

2017
Article

High-Stakes Innovation: When Collaboration Undermines (and Sometimes Enhances) Innovation

By: Johnathan Cromwell and Heidi K. Gardner

Organizations must constantly innovate, or else they may suffer consequences that range in severity. In low-stakes situations, they may lose a small opportunity for growth; and in high-stakes situations, they may lose significant market share that threatens their... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Collaboration; Teams; Creativity Teams; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Creativity

March 2013
Teaching Note

Your Social Network Over Time (TN)

By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski and Andreea Gorbatai

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April 2014 (Revised June 2016)
Case

Tapestry Networks

By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer

Tapestry Networks assembled industry leaders and their regulators in small, private meetings to build new frameworks for pressing regulatory challenges. Tapestry's motivating principle was to reimagine solutions to complex problems (e.g., drug-approval standards) in... View Details

Keywords: General Management; Government And Business; Strategy; Consulting Industry; United States; European Union

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21 Jul 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Collaborating Across Cultures: Cultural Metacognition and Affect-Based Trust in Creative Collaboration

Keywords: by Roy Y.J. Chua, Michael W. Morris & Shira Mor

Research Summary

Networks

Platforms and Network Effect
On-line Social Networks
Business Models

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August 2009
Teaching Note

Cyworld: Creating and Capturing Value in a Social Network (TN)

By: Sunil Gupta and Sangman Han

Teaching Note for [509012]. View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Mergers and Acquisitions; Revenue; Leadership Style; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Marketing; Customers; Service Operations; Competency and Skills; Web Services Industry; South Korea

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2010
Other Teaching and Training Material

Your Social Network over Time (survey tool)

By: Andreea Daniela Gorbatai and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

Keywords: Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology

13 Jul 2020
News

Use Your Social Network as a Tool for Social Justice

July 2012
Article

iPhones for Friends, Refrigerators for Family: How Products Prime Social Networks

By: Lalin Anik and Michael I. Norton

We show that priming consumers with products associated with specific social networks increases the salience of those networks, influencing both word-of-mouth intentions and consumption. Consumers were exposed to friend- or family-related products (e.g., game consoles... View Details

Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Product; Customers; Familiarity; Social and Collaborative Networks