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- September 1981 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
CIBA-GEIGY Agricultural Division
By: Benson P. Shapiro and Roy H. Schoeman
In 1979 Leo Bontempo, marketing vice president of Ciba-Geigy Agricultural Division was deciding whether to purchase an $840,000 program for TeleSession. This was a marketing service designed to accelerate the adoption of new products among large innovative growers by...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Communication;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Shapiro, Benson P., and Roy H. Schoeman. "CIBA-GEIGY Agricultural Division." Harvard Business School Case 582-026, September 1981. (Revised August 1987.)
Robert S. Kaplan
Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he... View Details
- 2021
- Article
Fundraising for Stigmatized Groups: A Text Message Donation Experiment
By: Katerina Linos, Laura Jakli and Melissa Carlson
As government welfare programming contracts and NGOs increasingly assume core aid functions, they must address a long-standing challenge—that people in need often belong to stigmatized groups. To study other-regarding behavior, we fielded an experiment through a...
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Keywords:
Demographics;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Communication Strategy;
Civil Society or Community;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Welfare;
Greece
Linos, Katerina, Laura Jakli, and Melissa Carlson. "Fundraising for Stigmatized Groups: A Text Message Donation Experiment." American Political Science Review 115, no. 1 (2021): 14–30.
- 02 Mar 2011
- News
The Best Ways to Discuss Ethics
- 18 Jul 2017
- News
Political Roundtable: Russia, Polls, Health Care & Lawyers Gone Wild
- December 1987
- Case
John Hancock Financial Services: Sports Sponsorship
Senior corporate communications executives of a major financial services firm are reviewing the company's sports sponsorship program and are considering expanding it. Hancock already is the corporate sponsor of the Boston Marathon and has the opportunity to sponsor the...
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Greyser, Stephen A. "John Hancock Financial Services: Sports Sponsorship." Harvard Business School Case 588-051, December 1987.
- August 1993 (Revised August 1994)
- Background Note
Rhetoric of Change
By: Nitin Nohria
Describes the ways in which managers communicate the need to change, specifically the way in which they use vision, crisis, and transition as rhetorical strategies to mobilize change. Also discusses strategies used by those trying to resist change, setting up what may...
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Nohria, Nitin. "Rhetoric of Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 494-036, August 1993. (Revised August 1994.)
- September 2010 (Revised December 2022)
- Case
Recruiting Andrew Yard (A)
By: Brian J. Hall, Nicole S. Bennett and Sara del Nido
This case describes a compensation negotiation between a global HR director and a candidate for a high-level executive position. The situation becomes awkward when the candidate feels insulted because he is given a monetary incentive to join the company more quickly...
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Keywords:
Communication Strategy;
Interpersonal Communication;
Executive Compensation;
Negotiation;
Negotiation Style;
Emotions
Hall, Brian J., Nicole S. Bennett, and Sara del Nido. "Recruiting Andrew Yard (A)." Harvard Business School Case 911-028, September 2010. (Revised December 2022.)
- 13 May 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Got Talent
vision to host a fundraiser that brought the entire community together – students, faculty, alumni, friends, and family. Creating a large-scale event from scratch was no easy feat, View Details
- 28 Feb 2019
- HBS Seminar
Lori Rosenkopf, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
- December 2005 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Canyon Johnson Urban Fund
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Alexa Arena
Basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson and K. Robert Turner, managing partner of Canyon Johnson Urban Fund (CJUF), raised $271.7 million for investments in urban real estate. The fund considered two projects, both located in Hollywood, CA. The first was located on...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Projects;
Business and Government Relations;
Public Opinion;
Urban Development;
Real Estate Industry;
Los Angeles
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Alexa Arena. "Canyon Johnson Urban Fund." Harvard Business School Case 706-442, December 2005. (Revised September 2007.)
- March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
Opening Dot EU (A)
By: Benjamin Edelman
EURid considers possible market mechanisms to allocate initial domain names within the Internet's newly-created "dot EU." European Union regulations and community norms substantially constrain EURid's approach, preventing the use of the most natural economic mechanisms...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Resource Allocation;
Auctions;
Internet;
Information Industry;
Europe
Edelman, Benjamin. "Opening Dot EU (A)." Harvard Business School Case 908-052, March 2008. (Revised April 2008.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 09 Apr 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Sustaining a Legacy of Giving in Turkey
Keywords:
Re: Christina R. Wing
- July 2020
- Article
Tell It Like It Is: When Politically Incorrect Language Promotes Authenticity
By: J. Schroeder, M. Rosenblum and F. Gino
When a person’s language appears political—such as being politically correct or incorrect—it can influence fundamental impressions of him or her. Political correctness is “using language or behavior to seem sensitive to others’ feelings, especially those others who...
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Schroeder, J., M. Rosenblum, and F. Gino. "Tell It Like It Is: When Politically Incorrect Language Promotes Authenticity." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 119, no. 1 (July 2020): 75–103.
- 23 Aug 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Management Lessons from the Sinking of the SS El Faro
- 06 Sep 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Reinventing an Iconic Independent Bookstore
- March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Supplement
Opening Dot EU (B)
By: Benjamin Edelman
EURid considers possible market mechanisms to allocate initial domain names within the Internet's newly-created "dot EU." European Union regulations and community norms substantially constrain EURid's approach, preventing the use of the most natural economic mechanisms...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Internet and the Web;
Resource Allocation;
Auctions;
Information Industry;
Europe
Edelman, Benjamin. "Opening Dot EU (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 908-053, March 2008. (Revised April 2008.)
- May 1999 (Revised July 1999)
- Background Note
Global Friction Among Information Infrastructures
By: George C. Lodge and Cate Reavis
Examines the conflicts in international communications that result from changing technologies and divergent country policies toward developing infrastructures. Examines a number of different national information infrastructures (NIIs). Points of friction, such as...
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Keywords:
Conflict Management;
Infrastructure;
Communication Technology;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Lodge, George C., and Cate Reavis. "Global Friction Among Information Infrastructures." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-152, May 1999. (Revised July 1999.)