Communism - Publications - Faculty & Research

Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) Since enrolling in HBS’s joint MBA/Master of Public Policy program with the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in 2017, the only thing Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) hasn’t been able to do is get enough sleep. In... View Details

2022
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Training, Communications Patterns, and Spillovers Inside Organizations

By: Miguel Espinosa and Christopher T. Stanton

We study direct productivity changes and spillovers after a randomized training program for the frontline workers in a Colombian government agency. While trained workers improved their individual production, we also find substantial spillovers that affected managers'... View Details

Keywords: Spillovers; Labor Productivity; Firm Objectives, Organization, And Behavior; Training; Performance Productivity

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2019
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Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?

By: Sonali Shah and Frank Nagle

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2015
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Multinational Activity and Information and Communication Technology

By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen

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June 2011
Teaching Note

PatientsLikeMe: An Online Community of Patients (TN)

By: Sunil Gupta and Jason Riis

Teaching Note for 511093. View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Social and Collaborative Networks; Health Disorders; Growth and Development; Product Launch; Web Services Industry

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Mickey Maurer: IBJ Corp. and MyStar Communications

By: Paul W. Marshall and Jeremy Dann

Mickey Maurer is a successful entrepreneur who retired in the late 1980s and then reentered the business world with the purchase of two media companies. In the radio industry he faces competition from large national players. In his publishing enterprise, Maurer... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Competition; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Management Teams; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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October 1992 (Revised October 1993)
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MCI Communications Corporation: National Accounts Program (Condensed)

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Concerns the early stages of a major-account program at MCI, a telecommunications firm seeking to penetrate the corporate-account market. Among the issues are: 1) coordination of field sales efforts with national account selling efforts; 2) sales strategy for major... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Decision Choices and Conditions; Training; Compensation and Benefits; Management Practices and Processes; Marketing Strategy; Groups and Teams; Sales

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2000
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How Communication Improves Efficiency in Bargaining Games

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Leigh Thompson, Robert Gibbons and Max Bazerman

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03 Apr 2024
Video

All In, Everybody In: Community at HBS

12 Jul 2023
News

The Simple Power of Communicating with Kindness

01 Mar 2015
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Communicating the Language of Business Across Borders

Tsedal Neeley My intellectual agenda is ambitious and somewhat risky,” says Associate Professor and Marvin Bower Fellow Tsedal Neeley. “I truly believe that HBS is one of the few places on earth where I could boldly pursue my work in the way that I have.” Neeley’s... View Details

01 Aug 2016
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Leading the Way for Dallas Arts Community

When HBS Leadership Fellow Jennifer Scripps (MBA 2005) left HBS for a job as director of special projects at Lincoln Center in New York City, little did she know that her career trail would eventually point back to her hometown of Dallas, Texas. In 2007, she accepted a... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

24 Apr 2014
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Leveraging her experience to serve her community

Nancy Gray (MBA 1988) is putting her management experience to work as a pro-bono consultant and volunteer for organizations that benefit her community. (Published April 2014) View Details