Virtual Socialization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2023
News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

of origin or communicate virtually with other customers who share aspects of their DNA. “Genealogy is a technology business now,” observes Lorrie Norrington (MBA 1989), a board member at Ancestry.com. “The records go so far, but how do we... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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HBS - The year in Review

change. The day’s agenda built on the coalition’s quarterly virtual forums and included in-depth discussions on advancing skills-based hiring that focuses on competencies and closing opportunity gaps. Harvard Business School is the first... View Details

12 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Customers at the Back of the Line Are Anxious—Can You Keep Them from Leaving?

Nobody likes being last. We avoid picking the cheapest wine on the menu or the final donut in the box. “And we hate being picked last in gym class,” says Harvard Business School professor Ryan Buell. “Humans are very social creatures, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service

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Events - Business History

Hotel Chain" Megan Elias (Boston University), 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Virtual Seminars BHI's Virtual Seminar Series, "Business, Institutions, and Regions," is hosted by Yuan Jia-Zheng and Marcel Anduiza (Harvard... View Details

15 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

that web-based businesses would benefit from such expert curators. On the web, options for products, services, and information are virtually endless, too. It's daunting for customers, and there's an increasing body of academic research... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Find Past & Upcoming Events - Alumni

Careers Find Past & Upcoming Events Careers Find Past & Upcoming Events Explore events both virtual and near you. The HBS Community is a global entity. Browse events, regional clubs, and more. Webinars Apr 10 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 10 Apr 2025... View Details

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Research Resources - Doctoral

Research Community Research Resources Our research and teaching resources are unmatched. The research and teaching resources at Harvard are unmatched by any other school. Students can make use of virtually any methodology required to... View Details

December 2008
Article

Which Kind of Collaboration Is Right for You?

By: Roberto Verganti and Gary P. Pisano

Nowadays, virtually no companies innovate alone. Firms team up with a variety of partners, in a wide number of ways, to create new technologies, products, and services. But what is the best way to leverage the power of outsiders? To help executives answer that... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Framework; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy

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13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

was black or white. But many of the fourth and fifth graders avoided mentioning race during the game. As it turns out, racial colorblindness is a social convention that many Americans start to internalize by as young as age 10. "Very... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Career Networking - Alumni

Glickman, CEO of Great on the Job, to learn what executive presence is (and isn't), why it has nothing to do with your title or role, and how to show up with presence every day in our new virtual reality. Speaking up on a conference call,... View Details

27 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 27

and to sell media time. A second objective of the case is to understand the implications of social TV viewing, the audience engagement that results when people watch television with a smartphone or tablet in hand, participating in a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen

pandemic-related stress. Teams are often reconnecting through online platforms like Zoom where it can be harder to read social cues. “When you're engaging with an extrovert in conversation, they may be gregarious, they may be outgoing,... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

06 Sep 2016
Blog Post

What Makes the HBS MBA unique?

incredible variety of geographies, industries, functions, and backgrounds. You take all of your first year classes together and socialize outside of class. The case method pairs beautifully with the section experience as you learn from... View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

few years in deep study of the restaurant industry to create and deliver an MBA-level course at Harvard Business School called Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry. Leveraging this work, we virtually convened in April a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

29 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

social categories (gender, tenure within the firm). In dyad-level models of the probability that pairs of individuals communicate, we find very large effects of formal organization structure and spatial collocation on the rate of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

Chatter, Microsoft's Yammer, and Jive Software's suite of namesake products. The global enterprise social software market is forecast to grow to $8.14 billion in 2019, according to MarketWatch, from $4.77 billion in 2014. “When it comes... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

related to the workforce, including the skills gap, degree inflation, care economics, the role of artificial intelligence in employment outcomes, the effectiveness of social entrepreneurs in improving education to employment outcomes,... View Details

01 Jan 2011
News

Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

"We care about the urgent needs of our local community." The foundation bearing the family name, run by Beth, has supported medical, educational, religious, and social service organizations, including McLean and Beth Israel Deaconess... View Details

20 Dec 2023
News

New School

In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, Curriculum Associates, a Massachusetts-based company that creates research-based print and online instructional and assessment tools, made the decision to make its products free to teachers and students who suddenly found... View Details

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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Symposium: Virtual Edition The 2021 Gender and Work Symposium, held virtually, spoke to the various crises that have so strikingly come to the fore this past year, here in the US and across the world. To name just a few, we have witnessed... View Details

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