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Walter S. Gifford
During Gifford’s presidency, AT&T experienced tremendous growth. Gifford increased operating revenue from $657 million to $2.25 billion. During Gifford’s tenure, the wire mileage of AT&T rose from 39.5 million to 113 million, and the number of Bell telephones... View Details
Keywords: Communications
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in a community's housing and cultural life
Randy Hawthorne (MBA 1973), a retired real estate executive, talks about the community benefits of investing in housing and the arts. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
“You want to see positive economic changes in a community, but you don’t want people who have been committed to and living in the community for generations to be displaced,” Davis says. “We can prevent that by creating rental... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
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
- September 2007
- Supplement
The MCI Takeover Battle: Verizon versus Qwest (CW)
By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
- March 2006
- Teaching Note
Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA (Telesp) (TN)
Teaching Note to (804-149). View Details
Keywords: Communications Industry
- 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
Godes, David B., and Elie Ofek. "XM Satellite Radio (C): The Next Generation of Radio Receivers." Harvard Business School Case 505-015, September 2004. (Revised August 2007.)
- November 2001
- Teaching Note
Laura Martin: Real Options and the Cable Industry TN
By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
Teaching Note for (9-201-004). View Details
Keywords: Communications Industry
- 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
- 09 Jun 2015
- News
Building change from the ground up
the freedom of using a phone, along with Twitter, Facebook, music, and everything that comes with it,” he says. “It’s a communications revolution that can’t be reversed.” (Published June 2015) View Details
- 06 Nov 2020
- News
Signal Boost
like implicit bias and the actions you can take as an individual or as an organization or as a community to be more welcoming,” says Lara. “I get employers telling me, ‘Well, you know, we tried hiring diverse people but they don’t stay.’... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”
2019, draws on a cross-sector collaboration between residents, government, nonprofits, and the business community to coordinate action on the city’s initiatives. “Homelessness is a harsh reality in Albuquerque,” says Keller. “We’re... View Details
Keywords: homelessness
- April 2023
- Case
Twitter: The Freedom to Speak Freely and Be Heard
By: Randolph B. Cohen, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Mel Martin
In April 2022, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that he would be interested in purchasing the social media site Twitter for $44 billion. With more than 100 million twitter followers, Musk had historically leveraged the site to engage with the customers of his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Rethinking Housing in the Motor City
power that housing policy can have on a community and the importance developers could play in the revitalization of America’s cities, especially his hometown. “Detroit has the opportunity to be the biggest revitalization success story... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Executives Without Borders is about. We make sustainable, knowledge-based investments that help to stabilize communities and, over time, make the world a better place. How do you choose which NGOs to help? We get involved with projects... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Bridging the Success Gap
Academy, an accelerated education program that helps at-risk young adults prepare for community college and for careers in professional fields. Located at Cabrillo College’s Watsonville, California, campus, the Digital Bridge Academy is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
says, people throughout the business community are interested in diversity in the workplace and looking to scholars to guide their decision making. Studying the complex and multifaceted topic requires a group of investigators from a wide... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Feb 2009
- News
To respond or not to bloggers' sniping?
- 19 May 2016
- News
Creating a Public Greenway in Northern California’s Scenic Wine Country
include Covad Communications, a groundbreaking telecommunications company established in 1996. “Any great company—including those I’ve started—the technology will be obsolete by then.” McMinn’s passion for the Vine Trail was borne of View Details
- 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