Communication - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

reducing corruption. A finance minister who will lead this challenging reform needs to communicate clearly, consistently, and specifically regarding the financial condition and future targets of the country. It's essential to build trust... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

the doubt as it progresses with the IPO, GM must not only follow through with products that deliver higher quality and reliability but also clearly communicate these advances to consumers, even If that means focusing on just a small... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

22 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

circles. Q: What makes technology transfer happen? Is it entrepreneurial opportunity in the home country, a loyalty to the home country, or government policies that encourage or require people to come home? A: It's all of those. Surveys of these diasporic View Details

Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer

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Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

the collection—Breughel, Goltzius, Rembrandt, Hogarth, and Gillray, to name a few—its subject orientation offers a unique dimension to researchers, who would otherwise have access to print catalogs only by artist or school. For social and economic historians, these... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

build a community of engaged partners who share a common passion and are eager to provide the resources needed to change the world—not just money, but also time, talents, personal networks, creative thinking, and public support. A... View Details

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Privacy Statement (French) - Global

réalisation de dons. HBS ERC peut traiter ou partager des données à caractère personnel, y compris la communication de données aux autorités publiques, si nécessaire pour prévenir, enquêter, notifier ou prendre d'autres mesures concernant... View Details

15 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

together” "By unpacking the costs, you have the opportunity to explain everything you did for the customer in putting that product or service together," says Bhavya Mohan, a Harvard Business School doctoral student in marketing. "When firms View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

04 Mar 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar

Huber returned to the company after graduation. He was running the commercial activities at the company's locomotive division when, in 1995, GM's vice chairman Harry Pearce asked him to head up a new initiative called Project Beacon. The general idea was to marry... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

14 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Understanding Users of Social Networks

Its user base is not really growing, but 70 million users is nothing to sneeze at. So why doesn't MySpace get the attention it deserves? The fascinating answer, acquired by studying a dataset of 100,000 MySpace users, is that they largely populate smaller cities and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising; Publishing

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons from the Browser Wars

simplified access to the online world, transforming the Internet from a communications vehicle for academics into a mass consumer phenomenon. At the same time, the growing usefulness of the Internet drove sales of personal computers off... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

you: more police equals less crime. But there has been no evidence to support that [in previous studies]. "In 1994 there was a terrible terrorist attack on the Jewish community in Buenos Aires. Afterwards, the government placed one... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online

with certain marketing communications or processing certain special categories of personal data). We may apply more than one legal basis to the processing activities described under the Purposes of Processing and the types of Personal... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act

other community activities and things that will fill that hole. So I'm Jonson Cox, I was in an AMP program, 157, in 1999. I never expected to cease being a full-time chief exec when I was about 53 or 54. But I did. And then I sort of... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Mr. Start-Up

me is the ability to communicate in a compact, compelling, and concise way. When you’re in a class with super-smart MBAs, and you have maybe 45 seconds to air your point of view, that’s a unique exercise in concentrated analysis and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

become known as "Silicon Valley" unique? Will Silicon Valley remain a vibrant community of technological innovation and economic growth, or will it decline like other previously thriving U.S. regions? Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

itself yields several questions: Is there a view that negotiation is a collaborative process aimed at mutual advantage or a competitive battle? Should one focus on specific issues early on or is there a lengthy process of relationship building first? Is the process... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

in companies like Check Point, one of the first big firewall companies. Rothrock listened to the speech and thought: “Finally.” As in, at last—the government is waking up to a reality that the tech community realized long ago. “The... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

1950s, for example, which was all about getting people to communicate better and express their feelings. We've had the total quality movement and the move toward creating teams and the high-commitment workplace. I see what's going on... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

03 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 3

a means of mitigating threats to the natural environment while creating urban living capacity, by combining low carbon and resource-efficient development with the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to better manage... View Details