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Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile
We test the effectiveness of self-help peer groups as a commitment device for precautionary savings, through two randomized field experiments among 2,687 microentrepreneurs in Chile. The first experiment finds that self-help peer groups are a powerful tool to... View Details
- Aug 21 2017
- Testimonial
Taking Time to Recharge, Reflect, and Grow
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
mechanism that amplifies interest rate volatility. I find strong support for these predictions in the time series of U.S. government bond returns. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/MBS_Paper_20140104.pdf Working Papers Separating Homophily and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This
effectiveness of a common educational methodology aimed at these employees. Commonly called “social norms marketing,” the method essentially shows people what their peers are doing to induce them into good behaviors. Beshears pointed out... View Details
- 30 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS
can mean a lot of things, but which I came to define as very sharp, very passionate, and very kind. Both before and during my time at Google, I had casually considered an MBA. I was a few more years into my career than most MBA applicants, so many of my Google View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Responding to COVID-19 in early 2020 was an exercise in crisis leadership. In 2021, the pandemic feels like a painful marathon that will never end. The rapidly spreading virus forced a precipitous shift to remote work at many companies, complicating matters for... View Details
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
poverty and to support microentrepreneurs in their endeavors? That's the bigger picture." Under-savers Anonymous In 2008, Pomeranz's research team began interviews with microentrepreneurs in Chile that led to a 2012 working paper, Under-Savers Anonymous: Evidence... View Details
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How Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) Transform Your MBA Learning Journey - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile
By: Felipe Kast, Stephan Meier and Dina Pomeranz
We test the impact of a peer group savings program on precautionary savings through two randomized field experiments among 2,687 microcredit clients. The first experiment finds that the Peer Group Treatment, which combines public goal setting, monitoring in the group,... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Decision Making; Interest Rates; Planning; Performance Effectiveness; Economics; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Social Enterprise; Global Range; Chile
Kast, Felipe, Stephan Meier, and Dina Pomeranz. "Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-060, January 2012. (Revised April 2016. Revision requested by Journal of Development Economics.
Featured in Time, Business Insider, Freakonomics, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Finance, and others.)
- 01 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
What You Need to Know about the Latino Student Organization
wanted to connect with like-minded peers who would push the boundaries of diversity, have meaningful conversations around inclusion, and drive change in the workplace to address challenges faced by Latino Americans. LASO is a community... View Details
- 29 May 2015
- News
Humblebragging: You want to, but you shouldn’t
- 02 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Career Journeys | Segolene Mahe
“Flexibility can open doors to unexpected opportunities”, says Segolene Mahe (MBA 2023). She shares how HBS peers and CPD Student Advisors can be a great resource. View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Career Journeys | Segolene Mahe
HBS Career & Professional Development sat down with students to talk about their career journeys. “Flexibility can open doors to unexpected opportunities”, says Segolene Mahe (MBA 2023). She shares how HBS peers and CPD Student... View Details
- February 2008
- Article
Bandwidth Allocation in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks
By: Albert Creus Mir, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane
We present a model of bandwidth allocation in a stylized peer-to-peer file sharing network. Given an arbitrary population of peers composed of sharers and freeriders, where all peers interconnect to maximize their allocated bandwidth, we derive the expected bandwidth... View Details
Creus Mir, Albert, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Andres Hervas-Drane. "Bandwidth Allocation in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks." Computer Communications 31, no. 2 (February 2008): 257–265.
- 02 Oct 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Is Mandatory Nonfinancial Performance Measurement Beneficial?
- 10 Apr 2023
- Video
Career Journeys | Segolene Mahe
- 26 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
6 Lessons I learned from HBS Peek
analyzing real business cases, and use morning study groups and classes to examine and debate their ideas through lively interaction with peers and faculty. This is the life of an MBA student at HBS. My name is Tania Mariscal. I am... View Details
- 25 Apr 2012
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