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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others
community development movement that provides all low-income people with affordable housing and the opportunity to move into the economic mainstream. Working through a network of more than twelve hundred community-based nonprofit... View Details
- 27 Apr 2022
- News
Following the Flow of Aid
support being rushed to some and others being ignored,” McKenna says. Indeed there have been reports of Africans and other minorities like Ukrainian Romani communities being turned away at the border. To address that, Mercy Corps has set... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping smallholder farmers feed the world
training to impoverished communities worldwide, to create healthy local economies. “More than three million children under age five die each year from preventable, hunger-related causes,” he explains. “That shocks me. I have to make my... View Details
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Overview
I am a doctoral candidate in the strategy unit at Harvard Business School. My main areas of interest are organizational economics, public policy, and technology. My research is published at PNAS and forthcoming at the Journal of Financial Economics. My work has been... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
the foundations of our social safety net—making it easier, for example, for people to apply for food assistance or for probation officers to communicate with their parolees. On today's episode of Skydeck, Ingersoll talks with contributor... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The Power of Prayer
a reversal from twenty years ago,” Weaver noted. “Collectively, churches have shown the banking community just how much economic power they wield” (Miami Herald.com, March 20, 2009). View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 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
Jaikumar, Ramchandran. "Massimo Menichetti." Harvard Business School Case 686-135, April 1986. (Revised December 1988.)
- 20 Jan 2016
- News
Water for the World
gave over $1 million worth of water to them at the time. I think we were the biggest donator of water at the time. “At Harvard, it was probably the best time of my life. I learned a lot and I realized how important the work we do is, not only to ourselves but also to... View Details
- Article
The Trouble with Staggered Boards: A Reply to Georgeson's John Wilcox
By: Lucian Arye Bebchuk, John C. Coates and Guhan Subramanian
Bebchuk, Lucian Arye, John C. Coates, and Guhan Subramanian. "The Trouble with Staggered Boards: A Reply to Georgeson's John Wilcox." Corporate Governance Advisor 11, no. 2 (March–April 2003): 17–19.
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Project outreach
Devon E. Winey (MBA '98) prepares to paint a hallway at Second Step Transitional Living Center, a home for victims of domestic violence. Three students plant flowers at Boston Senior Home Care. A group of enthusiastic students spent the day working at Second Step in... View Details
- February 1979 (Revised October 1982)
- Case
Fiber-Optics Industry (B): Historical Development and Competitor Profiles--1978
Keywords: Applied Optics; History; Competition; Information Technology; Communications Industry; Communications Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Fiber-Optics Industry (B): Historical Development and Competitor Profiles--1978." Harvard Business School Case 379-139, February 1979. (Revised October 1982.)
- March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
- Teaching Note
France Télécom (A), (B), and (C)
By: Ashley Whillans
This case series discusses the evolution of France Télécom (now Orange) from a national telephone monopoly to a private company. During this process, the company faced numerous challenges including the entry of new competition from other countries and a workforce that... View Details
- March 1996 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Wildfire Communications, Inc. (A)
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Mary Connor
Founder and CEO Bill Warner is faced with critical decisions regarding the product lines, target markets, and technology platforms that his start-up, Wildfire Communications, Inc., will pursue. In addition to the question of strategic focus across these lines of... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Resource Allocation; Organizational Culture; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Communications Industry; Communications Industry
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Mary Connor. "Wildfire Communications, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-305, March 1996. (Revised August 2000.)
- December 1986 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Motorola's Japan Strategy
By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Trade; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; Japan
Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Motorola's Japan Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 387-093, December 1986. (Revised April 1987.)
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
Illustration by Dana Smith Debora Spar In preparation for the official launch of HBS’s new Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) in October, the School drew upon the findings of the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer survey to understand how people... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Jan 2019
- News
Not Waiting for Progress
understand the power and viability of the stories this community has to tell.” Secret or not, the formula is working. Since 2007, the number of black films showcased at Sundance has increased from 7 to 39, and Blackhouse has added... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Poverty and Security
At the IMF and World Bank Group annual meetings in October, World Bank president James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) declared that along with its fight against terror, the global community must also address the longer-term issues of “poverty,... View Details
- June 1981
- Article
Boundary Spanning Individuals: Their Role in Information Transfer and Their Antecedents
By: Michael Tushman and T. Scanlan
Keywords: Communication
Tushman, Michael, and T. Scanlan. "Boundary Spanning Individuals: Their Role in Information Transfer and Their Antecedents." Academy of Management Journal 24, no. 2 (June 1981): 289–305.
- 17 Jan 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Competition in Modular Clusters
- June 2023 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Collaboration Wars: Slack vs. Microsoft Teams 2023
By: David B. Yoffie, Kriti Gupta, Mehek Punatar, Poonam Sacheti and Poorvi Vijay
What's the future of corporate communications? Email? Corporate messaging? The battle for corporate messaging in 2023 was stacking up as a fight between Slack, which had been recently acquired by Salesforce, and Microsoft Teams. This case explores a classic judo... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Acquisition; Communications Industry; Communications Industry
Yoffie, David B., Kriti Gupta, Mehek Punatar, Poonam Sacheti, and Poorvi Vijay. "Collaboration Wars: Slack vs. Microsoft Teams 2023." Harvard Business School Case 723-457, June 2023. (Revised November 2024.)