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2023
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Virtual Water Coolers: A Field Experiment on the Role of Virtual Interactions on Organizational Newcomer Performance

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Jacqueline N. Lane and Iavor Bojinov

Designing management practices to better onboard organizational newcomers working remotely is a key priority for firms. We report results from a randomized field experiment conducted at a large global firm that estimates the performance effects of different types of... View Details

Keywords: Remote Work; Virtual Water Coolers; Social Interactions; Careers; Field Experiment; Employees; Interpersonal Communication; Internet and the Web; Performance; Personal Development and Career

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09 Aug 2006
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Career Advancement Without Experience

A worker seeks fulfillment in a new job involving expanded skills and responsibilities. The dilemma: Without prior experience in the field, how can she prove her capability to a potential employer? The challenge is even more daunting for... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Motion Pictures & Video; Technology

Feb 05 2013
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GMP: A Transformative Experience

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Models of optimal experience (flow)

Flow is a state of profound task-absorption, involvement, and intrinsic enjoyment that makes the person feel one with the activity. Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory states that flow is more likely to occur in situations in which the person feels that the activity is very... View Details

Unanticipated Gains

Social capital theorists have shown that some people do better than others in part because they enjoy larger, more supportive, or otherwise more useful networks. But why do some people have better networks than others?

Unanticipated Gains argues... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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Brazil Banks on Experience

Ranked among the world’s largest economies, Brazil and the left-leaning government of newly elected President Lu íz In ácio Lula da Silva soothed wary financial markets by selecting Henrique Meirelles (93rd AMP), former head of global banking at FleetBoston, to lead... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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Reinventing the GMP Experience

present with her family. "I thought quite long and hard about how I wanted the experience to feel for me and what the integration with my life at home would be like," she says. "I chose Section A so I could spend time with my family in... View Details

August 2021
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Orchadio's First Two Split Experiments

By: Iavor I. Bojinov, Marco Iansiti and David Lane

Orchadio, a direct-to-consumer grocery business, needs to conduct its first two A/B tests—one to evaluate the effectiveness and functioning of its newly redesigned website, and one to market-test four versions of a new banner for the website. To do so, it will rely on... View Details

Keywords: Information Management; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Measurement and Metrics; Customization and Personalization; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Information Technology Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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Academic Experience | MBA

Academic Experience Academic Experience Through the rich case- and experience-based curriculum at Harvard Business School (HBS), students build deep general management and leadership skills, setting the... View Details

December 2020
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Experiment A Box Search

By: Iavor I Bojinov and Karim R. Lakhani

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Jul 29 2015
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A Rich Learning Experience

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Campus Experience | MBA

Campus Experience At Harvard Business School, breakthrough moments can happen any time. While formal education is concentrated within academics, the transformation of potential into leadership is realized through every aspect of the... View Details

2013
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Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

By: Eric D. Werker

This extended memorandum identifies episodes of sustained double-digit growth in real GDP, defined as a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent or more over a period of 8 years or longer. Using a measure of real GDP reported in the World Development Indicators, we... View Details

Keywords: Growth; Liberia

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30 Jul 2014
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Were OkCupid’s and Facebook’s Experiments Unethical?

Sampling Bias in Entrepreneurial Experiments

Using data from a prominent online platform for launching new digital products, we document that ‘sampling bias’—defined as the difference between a startup’s target customer base and the actual sample on which early ‘beta tests’ are conducted—has a systematic and... View Details

Dec 06 2020
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Maximizing the Virtual Experience

Aug 14 2017
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Experience the GMP Modules

11 Mar 2016
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2+2 Admit Experiments with Career Options

computer architecture department, and I had enjoyed technical internships at Sandia National Laboratories and Apple. But something didn’t feel right. I had always been fascinated by the nexus of business, technology, and policy – but to this point my educational and... View Details