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- 22 Mar 2023
- Podcast
Delta Dental’s Sarah Chavarria on the value of communication
It’s a simple formula but hard to get right. By tuning in to what’s happening throughout the organization, asking the right questions, and listening carefully, leaders can foster innovation, build consensus and increase engagement. View Details
- 17 May 2010
- News
Don't Make These Mistakes with Your Online Brand Community
- January 2003
- Article
Dyadic Processes of Disclosure and Reciprocity in Bargaining with Communication
By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Leigh Thompson and Max H. Bazerman
McGinn, Kathleen L., Leigh Thompson, and Max H. Bazerman. "Dyadic Processes of Disclosure and Reciprocity in Bargaining with Communication." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 16, no. 1 (January 2003): 17–34.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Mobilizing Culture for Public Action: Community Participation and Child Rights in Rural Uttar Pradesh
By: Akshay Mangla
Community-based initiatives that work to empower the poor and promote their participation have gained strong support among scholars and practitioners of development. Yet the questionable assumptions about culture and development that inform these initiatives render it... View Details
Mangla, Akshay. "Mobilizing Culture for Public Action: Community Participation and Child Rights in Rural Uttar Pradesh." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-100, April 2014.
- June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
- Case
VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture
This case describes the evolution of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distributor start-up, incubated by two not-for-profit NGOs to help improve the vaccine cold chain in Northern Mozambique. These NGOs must face the decision whether and how to sell their participation in... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Health Industry; Mozambique
Watson, Noel H., and Santiago Kraiselburd. "VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture." Harvard Business School Case 609-107, June 2009. (Revised June 2009.)
- Article
The Translucent Hand of Managed Ecosystems: Engaging Communities for Value Creation and Capture
By: Elizabeth J. Altman, Frank Nagle and Michael Tushman
Management research has increasingly explored the domains of ecosystems, platforms, and open/user/distributed innovation—governance structures focused on engaging with external communities. While these research areas include substantial empirical and theoretical work... View Details
Keywords: Ecosystems; Platforms; Open And User Innovation Strategy; Capabilities; Governance; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Value Creation
Altman, Elizabeth J., Frank Nagle, and Michael Tushman. "The Translucent Hand of Managed Ecosystems: Engaging Communities for Value Creation and Capture." Academy of Management Annals 16, no. 1 (January 2022): 70–101.
- 2025
- White Paper
Data & Technology in Action: Community Colleges Advancing Economic Mobility
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Kerry McKittrick and Amanda Holloway
Fuller, Joseph B., Kerry McKittrick, and Amanda Holloway. "Data & Technology in Action: Community Colleges Advancing Economic Mobility." White Paper, Project on Workforce at Harvard, February 2025.
- October 25, 2022
- Article
Why Sharing Economic Growth with the Community Is Good Business
By: José A. Tiburcio, Lino Miguel Dias and Robert S. Kaplan
Subsistence dairy ranchers in Central America struggle to stay afloat during the dry season when grass is scarce. Global life sciences company Bayer has launched a program to enable them to produce their own corn silage feed. The results of this program are helping to... View Details
Keywords: Sharing Economy; Innovation; Economic Growth; Poverty; Production; Supply Chain; Social Enterprise; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Central America
Tiburcio, José A., Lino Miguel Dias, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Why Sharing Economic Growth with the Community Is Good Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 25, 2022).
- 15 Sep 2022
- News
Lessons on Leadership and Community from 25 Leaders of Color
- Web
1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values | MBA
1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values 1.1 Community Values Harvard Business School’s statement on Community Values lays out the principles that enable us to... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Social Influence in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Community Establishments’ Closure Decisions Follow Those of Nearby Chain Establishments
By: Abhishek Nagaraj, Mathijs de Vaan, Saqib Mumtaz and Sameer Srivastava
As conveners that bring various stakeholders into the same physical space, firms can powerfully influence the course of pandemics such as COVID-19. Even when operating under government orders and health guidelines, firms have considerable discretion to keep their... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Peer Influence; Closure Decisions; Health Pandemics; Business Ventures; Decisions; Business and Community Relations
Nagaraj, Abhishek, Mathijs de Vaan, Saqib Mumtaz, and Sameer Srivastava. "Social Influence in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Community Establishments’ Closure Decisions Follow Those of Nearby Chain Establishments." Working Paper, December 2020.
- 1 Jul 2008
- Conference Presentation
The Embeddedness of Social Entrepreneurship: Understanding Variation across Geographic Communities
By: Julie Battilana, Tina Dacin, Johanna Mair and Christian Seelos
- Research Summary
Interviewing and Dating in Two-Sided Matching Markets: Coordination and Communication (joint with M. Schwarz)
We introduce the interview assignment problem, which generalizes the one-to-one matching model of Gale Shapley (1962) by including a stage of costly information acquisition. Agents do not know their preferences over potential partners unless they choose to conduct... View Details
- May 2013
- Teaching Plan
Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Norris. "Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 313-117, May 2013.
- 1 Jan 2008
- Conference Presentation
Communication in Globally Distributed Work Teams: Evidence from the Field
By: Tsedal Beyene
- 2009
- Other Paper
Talk Inc.: Leading Talent and Organizational Communication in 21st-Century Practice
By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
- Article
The Pressure of the Past: Network Imprinting in Intercorporate Communities
By: Christopher Marquis
Marquis, Christopher. "The Pressure of the Past: Network Imprinting in Intercorporate Communities." Administrative Science Quarterly 48, no. 4 (December 2003): 655–689. (
Winner of James D. Thompson Award For an outstanding graduate student paper on organizations, occupations, and work presented by American Sociological Association
.)