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- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building Communities as Well as Companies
Despite the uncertain climate for start-ups, launching a business continues to hold irresistible appeal for aspiring entrepreneurs. For many African-Americans, entrepreneurship is seen as a means of building community as well as personal... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
and 60 million electronic calendar entries over a three-month period. The results provide an unmatched look inside the "black box" that hides what Stuart calls the "soft wiring" of previously invisible social networks. In this Q&A, Stuart says the team was taken... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Giving back makes a community stronger
Felicia Lipson (AB 1984, MBA 1988), marketing consultant, talks about giving back to her community and working with other women in business and politics. (Published April 2014) View Details
- April 2002 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Cisco Systems and its Community Fellowship Program (A)
By: Diana Barrett and Sheila McCarthy
Focuses on the introduction, implementation, and initial evaluation of Cisco Systems Community Fellowship Program. This program provided Cisco employees affected by the layoff the option of working with a nonprofit organization for one year. Instead of a severance... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Compensation and Benefits; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
Barrett, Diana, and Sheila McCarthy. "Cisco Systems and its Community Fellowship Program (A)." Harvard Business School Case 302-078, April 2002. (Revised July 2003.)
- March 2017 (Revised April 2017)
- Module Note
Community Values and Learning Culture Agreement
By: Amy C. Edmondson
- 14 Dec 2014
- News
Communicate Better with Your Global Team
- 04 Jan 2013
- News
Innovative Incentives for Community Based Workers
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Connecting Communities to Improve Post-Disaster Recovery
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a community of health care providers
vision is to make DaVita (Italian for “giving life”) “the best dialysis company the world has ever seen.” Thiry is known as the “mayor of DaVita Village” by the company’s more than 50,000 employees, who are referred to as “teammates.” Thiry observes, “We are a View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Community Rolls Up Its Sleeves
In an ongoing commitment to public service, some three hundred HBS students, partners, faculty, and staff participated in the School’s annual Project Outreach event on Saturday, March 24. Fanning out across Greater Boston, volunteers devoted the day to a variety of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Improving patient care through better communication
Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmondson explores how open communication in hospitals leads to improved patient care. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- News
5 Tips for Communicating with Employees During a Crisis
- January 2002
- Article
How Communication Improves Efficiency in Bargaining Games
By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Leigh Thompson, Robert Gibbons and Max H. Bazerman
McGinn, Kathleen L., Leigh Thompson, Robert Gibbons, and Max H. Bazerman. "How Communication Improves Efficiency in Bargaining Games." Games and Economic Behavior 38, no. 1 (January 2002): 127–155. (Reprinted in M.H. Bazerman, ed., Negotiation, Decision Making and Conflict Management, Volume 3, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.)
- June 2008
- Teaching Note
Threadless: The Business of Community (TN)
By: Karim R. Lakhani
Teaching Note for 608707 View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Enhancing educational opportunities in the community
Courtney Miller Cavatoni (MBA 1999) works to further educational opportunities as board chair of an independent school in southwestern Virginia, where good schools are attracting families and businesses to the area. (Published November 2014) View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Get involved in improving your local community
Former chairman and CEO of American Express James Robinson III (MBA 1961) talks about how business can get involved in improving their local communities. (Published April 2014) View Details
- July 2007
- Article
Community Isomorphism and Corporate Social Action
By: Christopher Marquis, Mary Ann Glynn and Gerald F. Davis
Marquis, Christopher, Mary Ann Glynn, and Gerald F. Davis. "Community Isomorphism and Corporate Social Action." Academy of Management Review 32, no. 3 (July 2007): 925–945. (Read an interview about this paper in HBS Working Knowledge.)
- 08 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Staying Connected to the Harvard Veterans Community After HBS
HBS is home to veterans of all branches of the US Military, as well as foreign militaries. Veterans bring a variety of unique and valuable skills to the HBS community and have many opportunities not only to connect with fellow veterans... View Details