Publications

05 Oct 2012
News

HBS Study Finds Positive Yelp Reviews Boost Business

23 Jan 2020
News

Are Performance Reviews Sexist? New Research Says Yes

2013
Working Paper

What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews

By: Loretti I. Dobrescu, Michael Luca and Alberto Motta

This paper investigates the determinants of expert reviews in the book industry. Reviews are determined not only by the quality of the product, but also by the incentives of the media outlet providing the review. For example, a media outlet may have the incentive to... View Details

Keywords: Books; Quality; Experience and Expertise; Relationships; Publishing Industry

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26 Apr 2012
Working Paper Summaries

What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews

Keywords: by Loretti I. Dobrescu, Michael Luca & Alberto Motta; Information; Publishing

2016
Other Book

Introduction to Financial Accounting: Review Quizzes and Practice Exams

By: V.G. Narayanan

Keywords: Quizzes And Practice Exams; Accounting

June 2001
Book Review

Review of Shelf Space, by Kurtzman and Rifkin

By: Nancy F. Koehn

January 2017
Article

Review Times and Adverse Events for Cardiovascular Devices

By: Ariel Dora Stern, Daniel B. Kramer, Melissa Ouellet and Aaron S. Kesselheim

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Article

Fly-by-Night Firms and the Market for Product Reviews

By: Gerald R. Faulhaber and Dennis A. Yao

This paper presents a model that permits third-party information provision in a market characterized by information asymmetries and reputation formation. The model is used to examine how the market for information provision affects prices and supply in the primary... View Details

Keywords: Markets; Reputation; SWOT Analysis; Mathematical Methods; Price Bubble; Inflation and Deflation; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Cost; Information; Quality; Price; Competitive Advantage; Information Industry

26 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Black Excellence: AASU’s 2019 Fall Retreat in Review

The 2019-2020 African American Student's Union (AASU) family is officially the largest it has ever been in the history of Harvard Business School. The strength of this community has always been of paramount importance to AASU student leadership, so to celebrate this... View Details

September 21, 2016
Article

For Better Online Product Reviews, Pay the Reviewers

By: Scott Duke Kominers

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May 1982
Book Review

Exhibit Review of 'Polynesian Objects of Daily Use'

By: Louis T Wells Jr

January 2008 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Pilgrim Bank (C): Statistics Review with Data Desk

By: Frances X. Frei

Teaching Note for [602103]. View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Mathematical Methods; Banking Industry

11 Aug 2006 - 15 Aug 2006
Conference Presentation

Taking stock: A review essay on institutional entrepreneurship

By: Julie Battilana, B. Leca and E. Boxenbaum

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

1991
Book Review

Review of Good Intentions Aside by L. Nash

By: Lynn S. Paine

1999
Book Review

Review of Out of Control by Kevin Kelly

By: Jan W. Rivkin