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- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
more collective credence than others. "On Yelp, Elites are given the same weight but they give better reviews," Luca says. The influence of other reviewers. There's peer pressure on Yelp, and elite Yelpers... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
idea of business school. “A lot of my smart peers were deciding to get MBAs so I kept an open mind. Then, through the Management Leaders of Tomorrow program, and speaking with HBS alumni, I got excited about it and decided to apply to HBS... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
Vescovo was all alone at the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest section of the Mariana Trench, about 175 miles southwest of Guam and almost 7 miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. It would take about 7 seconds for his message to reach the support... View Details
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
proposals that received a MV between 1997 and 2004, we find that the frequency of implementation has almost doubled from 22% between 1997 and 2002 to 41% in 2003-2004. With respect to the determinants of the implementation decision, we find a positive relation between... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
idea of business school. “A lot of my smart peers were deciding to get MBAs so I kept an open mind. Then, through the Management Leaders of Tomorrow program, and speaking with HBS alumni, I got excited about it and decided to apply to HBS... View Details
- Profile
Ann Chao
at my disposal to pursue my passions. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? From the beginning, the consistent message I received from HBS and my classmates was to pursue my passions and resist the View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per Strömberg Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
manifests itself in organizational practices that fail to take women's lives into account, hinder their ability to develop powerful networks, and create excessive performance pressure on women. A Fresh Approach The solution offered by... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
the new program, "women executives long for the same kind of camaraderie and exchange that men can find with their peers in more informal settings." Among those in attendance was Jessie d'E. Bourneuf (MBA '75), then president of the King... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
to have higher academic achievement and experience greater acceptance by their peers in adolescence. Despite this positive influence on educational outcomes, it is still unclear why some children are more prosocial than others in school.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three theoretical aspects of sociality... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
Medicine program allows patients to record their blood pressure at home and share readings with their medical providers in real time. A year and a half after launching the program, the health system’s internal startup, innovationOchsner,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
It was hardly the first industrial conglomerate to spin off major divisions; Tyco International PLC, ITT Corporation, Illinois Tool Works, Johnson Controls, and Ingersoll-Rand PLC had made similar moves in recent memory. However, its View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
especially those that incorporate emerging forms of social media, support that shift. Equally important, though, is the emergence of cultural norms that favor dialogue over monologue. The benefits that accrue from conversational interactivity include lower transaction... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
continue to advance steadily. How should they respond to growing pressures against globalization? And what can businesses do to control their destinies in these times of uncertainty? Ghemawat helps readers understand the key trends... View Details
- 03 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)
The week of February 27 to March 3 is the inaugural Socioeconomic Inclusion (SEI) Week. HBS will be participating in events that highlight and celebrate socioeconomic diversity and inclusion on campus. This week is a powerful reminder of the value of diverse... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
sustained, recipients will flee these threats or otherwise reshape their network to attenuate the negative psychological effects of the threat. Analyzing four years of peer feedback and social network data from an agribusiness company in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
students and seasoned leaders, we have learned that the greatest challenge to following one's True North comes when the pressures and seductions are intense. That is when it is most crucial to be self-aware. This of course is not a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
mobility effects of workgroup demography by integrating the social identification processes of cohesion, competition, and comparison. Using five years of personnel data from a large law firm, we examine the influence of demographic match with workgroup superiors and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
head up too high here,” she says. “But if you keep too low of a profile, no one will find you. So I stay in the middle, and I keep on moving.” Japan’s population is aging at an unprecedented speed and exerting tremendous pressure on the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance