Connectivity - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2024
News

Know Your HBS Staff: Ailyn Pestana

05 Apr 2016
News

Bloodbuy Wins First Harvard Business School-Harvard Medical School Health Acceleration Challenge

12 Jun 2024
News

The Impact of HBS Staff Affinity Groups

01 Jun 2017
Blog Post

How To Partner With a Club: Engage With Club Leaders

HBS student club leaders oversee their club’s mission and events, and support their members as they explore their career interests. New club leaders are elected each spring at which point organizations may connect with them on ways that... View Details

Keywords: All Industries; Health Care

19 Aug 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing?

Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Michael W. Toffel

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

Remote work is giving companies new opportunities to tap additional markets and talent pools. However, a global workforce also brings a challenge: As some employees are getting up in the morning, others are winding down their workday. “There are many benefits to the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

November 2002 (Revised January 2003)
Case

SBC Foundation, The

By: Diana Barrett, Sarah Aaron and Cassandra Hanley

Examines the role of the corporation as it makes philanthropic donations. Questions raised include the connection between corporate strategy and giving, the degree to which grant making should be decentralized, and the size and focus of grants. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

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March 1994 (Revised September 1994)
Background Note

Note on Competitive Positioning

Emphasizes the connection between a firm's activities and its prices, costs, and volumes. A firm obtains a competitive advantage when it adopts a system of interrelated activities that generate superior profitabiltiy. Briefly describes differentiation and low-cost... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage

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18 Dec 2019
News

The Real Story Behind The PNC-Venmo Clash

01 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond

they want to put their energy and focus their career.” BEI was founded in 2010 to connect and engage faculty, students, alumni, and practitioners on environment-focused research, teaching, and discourse. Its mission: to deepen the... View Details

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Elevate Employees, Don't Eliminate Them

By: Ryan W. Buell

The last major global shock—the 2008 recession—led to what economists call a “jobless recovery” as companies found they could get by with fewer employees. But post-pandemic, the author writes, managers should focus on changing employees’ roles instead. He has five key... View Details

Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Customer Relationship Management; Interpersonal Communication; Value Creation

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17 Aug 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1910

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio

11 May 2017
News

Industry Veteran Peter Barrett To Lead Harvard Business School's Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship

August 2019
Case

Kazakhstan Railways: From the Middle of Nowhere to a Center of Trade?

By: Willy Shih and Esel Çekin

This case describes the evolution of Kazakhstan's rail connectivity strategy post-collapse of the Soviet Union and its now central role in China's Belt and Road Initiative. This meant shifting from a north-south orientation towards an east-west one, as well as the... View Details