communications - Publications - Faculty & Research

1981
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Explanation and Social Interaction: Some Dialogues on Dialogue

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Society

01 Dec 2022
News

Contributing to a Better Future

understand what business is and can be doing, and then get that research out into the community of practitioners. BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY READ MORE STORIES BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN SOCIETY READ MORE STORIES Over the... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Apr 2014
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Making travel possible for people with physical challenges

Darren Brehm (MBA 2007) launched an online travel guide and mobile app to help people with physical challenges find accessible hotels, restaurants, and activities, as well as emergency services. AbilityTrip.com and the online community it... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Jackie Adams

news. Now interested in “moving from success to significance,” Adams says, “I’m working in the nonprofit sector as a consultant to create wealth for minority communities as well as bring together companies and individuals to turn the... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; journalism; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

June 1988 (Revised December 1991)
Case

IBM Computer Conferencing

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Keywords: Communication Strategy; Communication Technology; Computer Industry

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04 Feb 2016
News

From Super Bowl to STEM Bowl

and give middle school students a window into the tech future. Members of the HBS Association of Northern California's Community Partners Program worked with the Santa Clara Office of Civic Innovation (OCI) to launch the Technology and... View Details

23 Mar 2020
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Signal Boost

as an organization or as a community to be more welcoming. I get employers telling me, ‘Well, you know, we tried hiring diverse people but they don’t stay.’ There’s a reason they don’t stay. They don’t feel like they belong.” That sense... View Details

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

that's more accessible? Moon: We're hoping for multiple byproducts. One is that we hope that people will feel a connection to HBS. It's a way to bring the community together in conversation a little bit, but it's also absolutely a way to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

April 1986 (Revised December 1988)
Case

Massimo Menichetti

Examines different alternatives for the introduction of telemation and computer aided design in a small firm. The issues involve what extent of cooperation is required by different firms so that a telecommunicative interchange between them becomes effective. View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Cooperation

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21 Jun 2016
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Rescuing Families from ISIS-Led Genocide

remote mountain hideouts where many died before relief efforts reached them. “They are genocide victims,” states Aziza, who now works full time with Operation Ezra, an initiative led by the city’s active Jewish community that has raised... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Bold Idea Takes Off

foundations, and most recently, Falik was named an HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. GCY’s teen recruits will receive two months of intensive training, after which they will spend six months living with a family in a rural community and... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2013
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Lesson Plans

one that will depend on investments by the business community to accelerate innovation and the capacity of technology to support great teaching. It can't happen quickly enough." "Education is our generation's civil rights cause. It is the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

January 2015 (Revised May 2023)
Technical Note

FIELD Global Immersion: Orchestrating a Compelling Presentation

By: Jill Avery

This note was written to help you organize and orchestrate your FIELD Global Immersion final project presentation to your global partner. It is designed to illustrate ways to make your final presentation persuasive, inspiring, and powerful — a presentation with... View Details

Keywords: Presentation Skills; Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Interpersonal Communication; Management Skills

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25 Apr 2014
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King of his castle

wedding chapel. About 71,000 guests attended the 17-day festival last year. Since selling his wireless accessories manufacturing and distribution company, Personal Communications Devices, Appling has been able to focus full time on his... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

HBS established the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) to serve as a research-based platform that brings together a community of scholars, students, alumni, and other practitioners to find solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges. A... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Article

Why ‘Tell Them Something They Don't Know’ Is Bad Advice in B2B Sales

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Tracy DeCicco

Common advice in sales is to provide insights to customers during sales calls. But this advice generally stays at the level of “tell people something they don’t already know” and results in sales conversations littered with many irrelevant factoids. This article... View Details

Keywords: Sales; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Strategy

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02 Sep 2014
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Visionary leadership won’t get you to innovation

definition—exactly where to go or maybe even how to get there. Instead, a leader needs to create a community that is willing and able to do innovative problem-solving.” Willingness to innovate depends on cultivating a shared sense of... View Details

01 Mar 2010
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Wind Shift

HBS professor George P. Baker, a finance expert, has in recent years become an alternative-energy change agent as well, spearheading community wind projects in Maine. Now on leave from HBS, Baker is the CEO of Fox Islands Wind LLC, which... View Details

Keywords: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities