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- February 2006 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at the Tintaya Copper Mine (A)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Brooke Barton and Ezequiel Reficco
Located in the highlands of Peru, the Tintaya copper mine has long been a source of intense conflict between local community members and mine operators. The mine, which was owned and managed first by the Peruvian state and later by BHP Billiton, stands on 2,300... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Multinational Firms and Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Conflict Management; Mining Industry; Australia; Peru
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Brooke Barton, and Ezequiel Reficco. "Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at the Tintaya Copper Mine (A)." Harvard Business School Case 506-023, February 2006. (Revised November 2012.)
- December 2019
- Article
The Ethical Perils of Personal, Communal Relations: A Language Perspective
By: Maryam Kouchaki, Francesca Gino and Yuval Feldman
The current paper focuses on how the type of relationship that exists between a group and its members influences misconduct by fostering certain perceptions of the group. Using multiple methods, lab- and field-based experiments (N = 1,679), and a large dataset of S&P... View Details
Kouchaki, Maryam, Francesca Gino, and Yuval Feldman. "The Ethical Perils of Personal, Communal Relations: A Language Perspective." Psychological Science 30, no. 12 (December 2019): 1745–1766.
- December 2014
- Article
The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization
By: Nicholas Bloom, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the "information" and "communication" components together. We show theoretically and empirically that this is problematic. Information and communication technologies have very... View Details
Bloom, Nicholas, Luis Garicano, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization." Management Science 60, no. 12 (December 2014): 2859–2885.
- March 2010 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management
By: Nava Ashraf and Natalie Kindred
This case examines the various considerations relevant to selecting and compensating workers in a context where their work involves a pro-social component. This is relevant to not only health care in Zambia, but to NGO and public sector workers who are both motivated... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Training; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Mission and Purpose; Non-Governmental Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry; Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, and Natalie Kindred. "Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management." Harvard Business School Case 910-030, March 2010. (Revised February 2014.) (Request a courtesy copy.)
- October 2016
- Case
U.S. Presidential Campaign 2016: Marketing Communication Strategy
By: Robert J. Dolan
On October 18, 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump began the last three weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign by preparing for the next day's third and final presidential debate. Tuesday, November 8 was Election Day, but in... View Details
- March 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In 2010, Tom Linebarger, president and COO of Cummins, Inc., the Columbus, Indiana-based manufacturer of diesel engines, has to decide where to locate the company's new manufacturing line for high horsepower engines. He has three choices to decide from: Seymour,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Competitiveness; Competition; Education; Business and Community Relations; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Norris. "Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company." Harvard Business School Case 313-024, March 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
- September 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Congressional Candidate Dan Silver and KNP Communications
By: Amy J.C. Cuddy and Nithyasri Sharma
In the 2006 election cycle, Ron Klein was running for the U.S. Congressional seat from Florida's 22nd District. He was up against Rep. Clay Shaw, a popular 26-year incumbent with significant name recognition in the district. Leading up to the election, Klein's campaign... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Competency and Skills; Political Elections; Personal Characteristics; Public Administration Industry; Florida
Cuddy, Amy J.C., and Nithyasri Sharma. "Congressional Candidate Dan Silver and KNP Communications." Harvard Business School Case 910-013, September 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- January–February 2013
- Article
Golfing Alone? Corporations, Elites and Nonprofit Growth in 100 American Communities
By: Christopher Marquis, Gerald F. Davis and Mary Ann Glynn
We examine the link between corporations and community by showing how corporate density interacts with the local social and cultural infrastructure to affect the growth and decline of the number of local nonprofits between 1987 and 2002. We focus on two sub-populations... View Details
Keywords: Business and Community Relations; Civil Society or Community; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Business Growth and Maturation; Profit; Local Range; Welfare or Wellbeing; Business Processes; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Trends; Management Practices and Processes; United States
Marquis, Christopher, Gerald F. Davis, and Mary Ann Glynn. "Golfing Alone? Corporations, Elites and Nonprofit Growth in 100 American Communities." Organization Science 24, no. 1 (January–February 2013): 39–57. (Read a summary of the article in Stanford Social Innovation Review.)
- 25 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Incompatible Assumptions: Barriers to Producing Multidisciplinary Knowledge in Communities of Scholarship
- April 2008
- Article
Getting Clear About Communities in Open Innovation
By: Joel West and Karim R. Lakhani
West, Joel, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Getting Clear About Communities in Open Innovation." Industry and Innovation 15, no. 2 (April 2008).
- 01 Sep 1974
- Conference Presentation
Social Multiplier Effects in Community Economic Development
By: R. M. Kanter and B. A. Stein
- November 14, 2012
- Article
Two Candidates, Two Distinct Ways of Communicating
By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Two Candidates, Two Distinct Ways of Communicating." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 14, 2012).
- April 2017
- Supplement
Community Values and Learning Culture Agreement Supplement
By: Amy C. Edmondson
- Article
Dynamic Silos: Modularity in Intra-organizational Communication Networks during the Covid-19 Pandemic
By: Jonathan Larson, Tiona Zuzul, Emily Cox Pahnke, Neha Parikh Shah, Patrick Bourke, Nicholas Caurvina, Fereshteh Amini, Youngser Park, Joshua Vogelstein, Jeffrey Weston, Christopher White and Carey E. Priebe
Workplace communications around the world were drastically altered by Covid-19, work-from-home orders, and the rise of remote work. We analyze aggregated, anonymized metadata from over 360 billion emails within over 4000 organizations worldwide to examine changes in... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Remote Work; Organizational Silos; Health Pandemics; Organizations; Communication; Networks
Larson, Jonathan, Tiona Zuzul, Emily Cox Pahnke, Neha Parikh Shah, Patrick Bourke, Nicholas Caurvina, Fereshteh Amini, Youngser Park, Joshua Vogelstein, Jeffrey Weston, Christopher White, and Carey E. Priebe. "Dynamic Silos: Modularity in Intra-organizational Communication Networks during the Covid-19 Pandemic." arXiv.org (April 1, 2021).
- 1980
- Chapter
Managing Communications and Conflict in Interpersonal Relationships
By: John J. Gabarro and Cyrus F. Gibson
- February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Navigating Turbulent Waters: Glitnir Bank's Communication Challenge during a Macroeconomic Crisis
By: Michael D. Kimbrough, Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain and Ane Damgaard Jensen
Glitnir Bank is an Icelandic company following an aggressive growth strategy that relies heavily on foreign debt. Access to such debt is suddenly curtailed when there is a downturn in market sentiment regarding the Icelandic economy as a whole. Students will reflect on... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Banks and Banking; Macroeconomics; Communication Strategy; Banking Industry; Iceland
Kimbrough, Michael D., Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain, and Ane Damgaard Jensen. "Navigating Turbulent Waters: Glitnir Bank's Communication Challenge during a Macroeconomic Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 107-050, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
- October 1987 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
Boston Fights Drugs (A): Designing Communications Research
Describes in detail the research mounted by five individuals with a $20,000 budget to combat drug abuse among Boston's school-going population. Using the focus group methodology they discover that most of the current anti-drug advertising is useless. They create their... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Communication Intention and Meaning; Brands and Branding; Performance Evaluation; Research and Development; Segmentation; Pharmaceutical Industry; Boston
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Boston Fights Drugs (A): Designing Communications Research." Harvard Business School Case 588-031, October 1987. (Revised November 1994.)
- March 1979
- Article
Determinants of Subunit Communication Structure: A Contingency Analysis
By: Michael Tushman
Tushman, Michael. "Determinants of Subunit Communication Structure: A Contingency Analysis." Administrative Science Quarterly 24, no. 1 (March 1979): 82–98.