Direct Network Effects - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of various forms of conditional and unconditional compensation. We account for salesperson heterogeneity by using a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2004
News

Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)

I was terrified during my first year. But I found the School to be such an exciting place, and I learned to voice my positions. The entire time I was at HBS I was aware of what a privilege it was to be there. The School provided me with a remarkable education and a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

By: Hałaburda, Hanna, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract—The value of many products and services rises or falls with the number of customers using them; the fewer fax machines in use, the less important it is to have one. These network... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 11

from the athenahealth practice management system and EHR task logs. Methods: We developed monthly measures of EHR use and delegation to support staff from task logs. Productivity was measured using work relative value units (RVUs). Using fixed View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry

Internet as well as for keeping up with new trends, such as social networking and mobile marketing; LSEG Workspace - equity research from investment banks. Articles and News Articles on... View Details

15 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

“which is a fancy way of referring to all of the things you don’t have as a new company—products, knowledge, connections, resources.” The most common and effective way to make up for that lack is to find someone who can help you overcome... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

01 Jun 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

of their talented employees by managing and developing them. It explains what it means to orient one's leadership style around a commitment to finding and cultivating high-performers. An American Journey by Mal Mixon (MBA 1968) (Smart Business View Details

02 Sep 2022
News

Strength in Numbers

Mark Verdi, Jan Swartz, and Rob Swartz Jan and Rob Swartz and Mark Verdi (all MBA 1996) and Mark’s wife, Gina, have witnessed, firsthand, the negative effects of our nation’s disjointed approach toward the treatment of mental illness.... View Details

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

nonprofits a year,” either through direct engagement or in pro-bono brainstorming sessions. “It’s a wonderful way to give back,” says Club President Jan Gullet (MBA 1977). “We’ve done the research. Our members tell us what they value most... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Profile

Inessa Lurye

homelessness by fifteen percent; in two years, we housed 1,000 individuals and 250 families.” Creative approaches to intractable challenges At Harvard, Inessa is pursuing the joint MBA/MPP because she wants to “learn how to lead more View Details

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)

inner turmoil and a loss of direction. All of which was aggravated by feeling that I lacked a supportive network as one of the few professional women on Wall Street. I realized I had stopped growing. Though I invested in growth companies,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Web

Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

Web

IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology

IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud 2.02: Cloud Program By Jeff Colgan on March 27, 2025 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email The Opportunity In the IT world, “the cloud” refers to a View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management

beneficial effects in performance.” To study the issue, the authors analyzed more than 450,000 survey responses from employees at hundreds of large US companies. They looked specifically at companies whose employees ranked them highly... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

Profile

Jeff Bussgang

Jeff. “The case method is the only effective proxy for actually doing it yourself. It’s this simple – HBS really taught me how to become an entrepreneur.” Jeff dismisses the misperceptions some business professionals have regarding... View Details

Career Coach

Kristin Brennan

candidates, and moving across the boundaries of strategy consulting or professional services roles v. operating roles with direct line authority. Prior to her current role, Kristin worked in leadership development within the Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

24 Apr 2014
News

Preserving Patagonia

in Chilean Patagonia. Drawing on what he gleaned at HBS, he says, "We learned that market-based solutions can be effective and efficient tools to augment the work of governments and NGOs on social issues." Adams, who sold his pioneering... View Details

Web

Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

2001 Bluesolid (now Appear Networks) has created a software company focusing on WLAN and Bluetooth networks (the so-called WLAN hotspots). The company has gained 15 large corporate customers during its first year of activity, and garnered... View Details

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

suffering rather than sacrifice substantially increases willingness to compromise with the regime to bring about peace. This effect remains strong among those who experienced greater violence. Together, these results show that even among... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril

relationship with them is important." Hayley Blunden That’s a problem, since rubbing powerful colleagues the wrong way could impact “every aspect of one’s career, from opportunities for promotion to abilities to develop one’s network to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Publications