Publications

September 20, 2019
Editorial

Why Asking for Advice Is More Effective Than Asking for Feedback

By: Jaewon Yoon, Hayley Blunden, Ariella S. Kristal and A.V. Whillans

Conventional wisdom says you should ask your colleagues for feedback. However, research suggests that feedback often has no (or even a negative) impact on our performance. This is because the feedback we receive is often too vague—it fails to highlight what we can... View Details

Keywords: Feedback; Advice; Advice Seeking; Feedback Culture; Advice Taking; Interpersonal Communication

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June 1979
Background Note

Developing Skill in Listening

By: Arthur N. Turner

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication

February 1979 (Revised October 1982)
Case

Fiber-Optics Industry (B): Historical Development and Competitor Profiles--1978

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Applied Optics; History; Competition; Information Technology; Communications Industry; Communications Industry

March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
Teaching Note

France Télécom (A), (B), and (C)

By: Ashley Whillans

This case series discusses the evolution of France Télécom (now Orange) from a national telephone monopoly to a private company. During this process, the company faced numerous challenges including the entry of new competition from other countries and a workforce that... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Relationship Management; Business Organization; Well-being; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; France

March 1996 (Revised August 2000)
Case

Wildfire Communications, Inc. (A)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Mary Connor

Founder and CEO Bill Warner is faced with critical decisions regarding the product lines, target markets, and technology platforms that his start-up, Wildfire Communications, Inc., will pursue. In addition to the question of strategic focus across these lines of... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Resource Allocation; Organizational Culture; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Communications Industry; Communications Industry

Educators

December 1986 (Revised April 1987)
Case

Motorola's Japan Strategy

By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Trade; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; Japan

07 Jul 2016
News

A World Without Borders

Many people associate the name &Beyond with luxury adventure travel. CEO Joss Kent (MBA 1997) thinks of it, first, as a conservation company. Tourism pays for the company’s habitat management, community development, and other conservation... View Details

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

that's more accessible? Moon: We're hoping for multiple byproducts. One is that we hope that people will feel a connection to HBS. It's a way to bring the community together in conversation a little bit, but it's also absolutely a way to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Mar 2011
News

Changing the Culture

To address Dean Nitin Nohria’s concern that HBS can be a difficult place for some groups to thrive, the School has launched a new Culture and Community Initiative to ensure that all members of the community... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

goes to education—about $800 million. Business people are also allocating a lot of private philanthropy money. JOSEPH FULLER Professor of Management Practice and Co-chair of HBS’s Managing the Future of Work project The funding mechanisms for K–12 education create... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2016
News

Delivering Trust

and Jake are well aware of the stigma surrounding fertility issues in an era of “picture-perfect” social media identities. Creating a community where people can share their experiences while improving the outcome for themselves and others... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

2012
Other Unpublished Work

Managerial Control of Business Press Coverage

By: Eugene F. Soltes and David H. Solomon

The business press plays a significant role in distributing firm news to investors. We investigate the extent to which managers can influence their firm's level of coverage in newswires and newspapers. We consider three choices under managerial control: press release... View Details

Keywords: Announcements; Governance Controls; News; Communication Strategy; Journalism and News Industry

SSRN

25 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

A Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill & Maria Farkas; Communications; Communications

June 1981
Supplement

AT&T Long Lines, Telemarketing, Video 3

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Communications Industry

June 1985 (Revised March 1991)
Case

Camelback Communications, Inc.

Camelback Communications, Inc. has a poorly designed cost accounting system and is in the process of redesigning it. This case demonstrates how the old cost accounting system operated. View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; System; Communications Industry

Educators

December 1992 (Revised March 1993)
Case

New England Mobilcom

Keywords: Communications Industry