Communication Networks - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Disadvantaged Communities (DACs): communities “marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.”[1] Environmental Racism: “racial discrimination in environmental policy making, corporate decision... View Details

30 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

example, given the proliferation of networking technologies, will more and more innovation be carried out in communities that cross corporate lines? Following from this, one has to ask whether truly large... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

7 Content Week - Implement: Communication and Structure Assess developer and user perspectives for bias, apply frameworks to communicate an innovation's value, and reflect on management skills for sustaining... View Details

01 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

On Facebook and a myriad of other social media platforms, you can find out who your friends are dating, see pictures of their last vacation, and even know what they had for lunch yesterday. It is now becoming more unusual when someone chooses not to divulge their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

canal as astoundingly well as it has. Omar Torrijos started the destruction of the patronage networks through which the old oligarchy controlled Panamanian politics, and Manuel Noriega completed it. Torrijos launched the attack as part of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

application intake, i.e. you must begin working within eight months from the time of application. If your employment start date is after the first week of January, you are invited to apply in that year’s application cycle. You are in good academic and View Details

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online... View Details

07 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

defined as the extent to which an actor's network contacts are connected to one another, affects the initiation and adoption of change in organizations. Using longitudinal survey data supplemented with eight in-depth case studies, we... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

Identify any misalignments between the dynamics of your organization and external market conditions Communicate purpose and vision, and inspire your organization to execute on that vision Extend the reach of your influence by leading... View Details

07 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Product Management at HBS: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Learn by Doing

Weston Ruths is enrolled in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program Class of 2022, and is a member of HBS Section D. After graduating from Rice University in 2016 with a degree in Computer Science, he joined the Marine Corps and served as the View Details

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

three to five minutes and apply your knowledge through polls, quizzes, and problem-solving exercises designed to accelerate and reinforce your learning. Exchange ideas with your classmates, broaden your perspective, and challenge your worldview. Social Join a global... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

mobilized to accomplish. Reassess available resources. The relaunch is a time to reexamine information, budgetary resources, and networks that will help the team advance its goals. Understand members’ constraints. A relaunch is an ideal... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

2017 (Revised Apr 2018) HBS Case Collection The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016 by Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Toyin J. Okanlawon Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) began as a stand-alone... View Details

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

have formal authority, you don't want to have to rely on that too much to get things done. Managing your network is in the middle of the book, before the section on managing your team. That kind of throws some people because when you... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your course.... View Details

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

The Social Enterprise Initiative has long supported students and alumni starting organizations with a social impact focus. Our curriculum, career support, community building, and funding supports students in exploring social... View Details

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Media Coverage - Managing the Future of Work

Broadcast Retirement Network Your Employees Are Also Caregivers Re: Joseph Fuller 21 Apr 2025 Charter How AI is reshaping HR Re: Joseph Fuller Harvard Magazine The New Gender Gaps Re: Joseph Fuller 19 Mar 2025 Me, Myself, and AI... View Details

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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

thinking. Profits involving a social purpose represent a higher form of capitalism—one that will enable society to advance more rapidly while allowing companies to grow even more. The result is a positive cycle of company and community... View Details

27 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 27

learning and governance process. Implications for organization and leadership development and corporate governance are discussed. Read the paper: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?chapterid=1937908&show=pdf Markets as Networks: The Dynamics and Implications... View Details