Communications - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jul 2011
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Brightening the Future

ecosystem that will improve access to electricity in off-grid communities across the globe. “It sounds complicated,” Ayala says, “but we set it up this way to have a globally scalable business model.” Stiftung Solarenergie Philippines,... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

28 Feb 2025
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Joy to the World

But he credits a dedicated community of social workers, as well as his birth and adopted families, with helping him eventually flourish. That gratitude helped spark his career in community service and his... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed

get involved with community development? For some years, the area around the church had been in steady decline, with vacant storefronts, deteriorating houses, and neglected properties. Gang activity and drug use were on the increase.... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

08 Mar 2018
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How HBS Gives Back

the greater good. The piece details several initiatives, from Senior Lecturer Kevin Mohan’s position as chair of Boys Town to the students who work as mentors at the Gardner Pilot Academy through the Volunteer Corps to the Knowledge and Library Services staff’s work... View Details

23 Mar 2010
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A Fighter in the Preservation Trenches

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

housing is a problem that increasingly affects companies and employers, as well as the overall economy," says F. Barton Harvey (MBA '74), (see related story) chairman and CEO of the Enterprise Foundation, a nationwide housing and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

2017
Performance & Appearance

How Fabulous is too Fabulous? The Masculinity Dilemmas of Daring Dressers at Work

September 2007
Supplement

The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest (CW)

By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn

Keywords: Integration; Communications Industry

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March 2006
Teaching Note

Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (Telesp) (TN)

By: Lynda M. Applegate

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Keywords: Communications Industry

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September 2004 (Revised August 2007)
Case

XM Satellite Radio (C): The Next Generation of Radio Receivers

By: David B. Godes and Elie Ofek

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Communications Industry

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November 2001
Teaching Note

Laura Martin: Real Options and the Cable Industry TN

By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen

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Keywords: Communications Industry

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April 2000
Teaching Note

Implementing Strategies for Mobile Telephony: The Cases of BellSouth and US West TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan

Teaching Note for (9-699-123). View Details

Keywords: Communications Industry

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12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

The same will follow for the next five years, only more so, with more people connected for communication and collaboration. No one had mentioned financial markets, observed Robert Glaser, founder and CEO of RealNetworks. His view of 2008... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Communications; Communications; Communications

01 Jun 2011
News

Housing Solutions for the Urban Poor

Rakhi Mehra (MBA ’09), cofounder of micro Home Solutions, is the 2011 recipient of the HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship. Based on the principles of community involvement, affordability, and sustainable design, the New Delhi–based... View Details

02 Sep 2014
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Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple

better together than people who haven’t—and most organizations could do a far better job of exploiting this simple but powerful insight,” he says. Huckman’s research points to five factors that make team familiarity powerful: the ability to View Details

21 Aug 2016
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From Money to Ministry

He may be retired, but the Reverend Rodney Quainton (MBA 1970) hasn’t stopped finding a way to connect his community to a higher spirituality. For this HBS-trained banker-turned-Episcopal priest, helping parishioners weather rough times... View Details

09 Sep 2011
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Ten Years Ago: HBS and 9/11

As the world recalls the events of 9/11 this week, we are reminded of two articles from the Bulletin that offered contemporaneous accounts of that historic moment. Read how the School reacted to the tragedy and memorialized members of the HBS View Details

Keywords: HBS Alumni Bulletin; 9/11; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

March 1990 (Revised November 1999)
Case

MCI Communications: Planning for the 1990s

By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston

Concentrates on the evolution of MCI's strategy-setting process following a period of dramatic growth. Opportunistic strategies during MCI's early years have given top managers a dislike of formal strategic planning and a strongly-held belief in top down strategy... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Growth and Development; Planning; Strategic Planning; Growth Management; Business or Company Management; Competition; Alignment; Communications Industry

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