Communications - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter

homelessness. But the affordable housing problem is especially acute in urban areas, where entire tranches of the workforce—teachers, laborers, first responders, restaurant and transit workers, for example—are squeezed out of their View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2018
News

Turning Point: Life Cycle

Instead, there’s often an amazing portfolio of smaller activities that change communities and change lives, just as I saw on my ride last fall. It’s the little things we do that add up to a good life and to making a difference in the... View Details

30 Jan 2018
News

Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars

2002), cofounder and CEO of Parsagen Diagnostics, an early-stage medical device company focused on women’s health The members of the 2018 class were selected based on their leadership growth potential and the strength of their personal leadership projects aimed at... 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

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

18 May 2015
News

Changing the conversation on US infrastructure challenges

with the HBS US Competitiveness Project, Kanter convened a national summit at HBS that drew leaders from government, business, labor, technology, and community coalitions. Together, they worked on overcoming barriers that have prevented... View Details

21 Jun 2022
News

Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead

as well as admitted students and some in the application process. It was a chance for us to reconnect and for the new students to learn more about the Latino community at HBS. It was fantastic.” HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

reviews, should never be conducted by one person alone. “Think about it. Every major corporation does not have the CEO interviewed alone. There’s always a corporate communications person and others in the room,” she says. “How hard would... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2014
News

Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships

The Sky is Not the Limit Ruth Cenat (MBA 2015) plans to change America—one community at a time. “In disadvantaged areas,” Cenat says, “if local businesses thrive, the neighborhoods flourish. There is a stronger tax base, parents have... View Details

Keywords: fellowships

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 Mar 2013
News

Sizing Up Social Impact

for long-term grant commitments) encompassed investments in irrigation and roads, community services, and the farmer-training program cited by Bloom. To qualify for funding, MCC partner countries must meet a majority of 20 economic,... View Details

Profile

Anna King

November and not know what I’m going to be doing next year, but in other ways, it's exciting. I feel confident that I can find something I'm passionate about because I have the Harvard community to help me. The reality is, we can lean on... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit/Government/Education

1981
Chapter

Explanation and Social Interaction: Some Dialogues on Dialogue

By: R. F. Kidd and T. M. Amabile

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Society

Citation

01 Dec 2022
News

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

HBS established the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) to serve as a research-based platform that brings together a community of scholars, students, alumni, and other practitioners to find solutions to some of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Profile

Triston Francis

to inspire people in underserved communities to live their best lives.” Pursuing the plan “I came to HBS with three goals,” says Triston. He fulfilled the first by becoming the Education Representative for his section. Eventually, Triston... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Consulting

25 Apr 2016
News

Innovating Education to Create College-Ready Academic Achievers

with five points of light: character, academics, organizational stability, family/scholar engagement, and college knowledge. “What’s constant is the aspiration to create a greater good,” he says. “We can prove the possible and create hope in View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Making travel possible for people with physical challenges

Darren Brehm (MBA 2007) launched an online travel guide and mobile app to help people with physical challenges find accessible hotels, restaurants, and activities, as well as emergency services. AbilityTrip.com and the online community it... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Putting Ghosts to Rest

together. Rebuilding communities was the other big challenge. The fractured villages needed something to pull them together—not just at the family-to-family level (as was being done with the cows) but at the View Details

Keywords: Chris Maloney; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2016
News

Feedback

This pioneering effort is now a multibillion-dollar industry. —Donn Walklet (MBA 1976) via alumni.hbs.edu Community from Cuisine Re: Doug Duda (MBA 1985) Food is love, and love drives consumer behavior. As the developed world becomes... View Details

June 1988 (Revised December 1991)
Case

IBM Computer Conferencing

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Keywords: Communication Strategy; Communication Technology; Computer Industry