Communication Networks - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

into online payments. PayPal, owned by eBay, has targeted online merchants outside eBay's auction community for its next wave of expansion. Google represents a potential threat to PayPal's "off eBay" strategy, as do incumbent... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Real Estate Club | MBA

community to a broad range of real estate industry topics, and to provide club members with unique social, career-oriented, and professional networking opportunities with each other, with other graduate... View Details

Career Coach

David Kay

David Kay was the first employee and Director of Communications at UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats). In his 7.5 years there he wore many hats including in PR, operations, business development, fundraising, marketing, government... View Details

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The Global Health Delivery Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

and create a community among individuals who are studying this phenomenon. Too often, leadership is not considered a legitimate subject of study in business schools, despite the fact that we face a pressing need for developing more... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

21 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 21, 2007

File Sharing Networks Authors:Albert Creus Mir, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, and Andres Hervas-Drane Periodical:Computer Communications (forthcoming) Abstract We present a model of bandwidth allocation in a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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African American Student Union | MBA

are first welcomed to the AASU family at our annual fall retreat. From there, they are supported throughout the RC year with informative workshops, panels and alumni events. These events primarily focus on academic excellence, recruiting / career support and View Details

25 Aug 2021
News

Reimagining Chicago’s Schools

challenge. In 2012, she launched the Intrinsic Schools, a network of public charter schools with an innovative approach to the middle school and high school experience. Rather than employ the data from standardized tests and apply it to a... View Details

01 Jul 2013
News

The Nature of Business

intimidated by new situations," he said. He also has been able to lean on a network of HBS alumni who serve on the TNC board. Among them are treasurer Muneer Satter (MBA 1987), Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966), David Blood (MBA 1985), Meg... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2011
News

Water for Life

is perfor-mance-based and guarantees the reimbursement of our expenditures and cost of capital as long as these are prudent and efficient. The model requires us to accelerate and even advance our capital investments, roll out the network... View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Dec 2016
News

3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)

I wanted to create many, many more. The Stability Network has 70 leaders in 25 cities in the United States and Canada. Getting people to come out about their mental illness is actually pretty hard, but we give them support, training, and... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Crowdfunding capital for small business

James ("Brad") McGee (MBA 1987) cofounded iCrowd to bring entrepreneurs together in online communities to network and to help provide the financial and commercial resources businesses need to thrive. He... View Details

26 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

several decades of experience with information technology. We've just moved from private networks to public networks, and I think that has a huge impact. The technology is revolutionary; yet in terms of how organizations and businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Dec 2021
News

A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic

fill the gaps in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE). Many stepped in to fight hunger, provide support for health professionals and frontline workers, deploy technology in new ways that helped communities thrive, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

Summing Up Fixing the Way We Work There is a lot wrong with the way we work, but very little of this is due to new networking capabilities or communications technology. Neither can we blame increasing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

05 Nov 2013
News

Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans

says Carol Markowitz (MBA 2003), a corporate finance expert from Los Angeles whom Wilkins recruited to work at Idea Village. "The alumni network has also been very helpful." After serving as Idea Village's COO, he left in May to start... View Details

Keywords: New Orleans; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 1998
News

A Message from Dean Clark

host for January's WesTrek, a recruiting and networking event in Silicon Valley attended by almost 250 HBS students. In the global realm, our new Asia Pacific research office, due to open this fall in Hong Kong, will provide a unique... View Details

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Online Personal Branding Course | HBS Online

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

17 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News

As partisan vitriol flies in the final month before the US presidential election, a new study offers insight into the question of why people share political misinformation. Even when a news article would flatter their political party, people tend to expect that sharing... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Affinity Groups | Employment

community for employees who share similar backgrounds or experiences. Affinity groups often provide staff with opportunities to connect, meet, and network with staff members they might not otherwise engage... View Details

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