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- July 1998 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Community Wealth Ventures, Inc.
By: James E. Austin and Meredith D. Pearson
Share Our Strength, a successful anti-hunger nonprofit organization, created a for-profit subsidiary--Community Wealth Ventures (CWV)--to provide advisory services to companies and nonprofits on collaboration. Management is reviewing CWV's start-up experience. View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; For-Profit Firms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Partners and Partnerships; Nonprofit Organizations; Consulting Industry
Austin, James E., and Meredith D. Pearson. "Community Wealth Ventures, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 399-023, July 1998. (Revised August 1998.)
- January 1983 (Revised June 1985)
- Case
Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.: Marketing Communications
By: John A. Quelch
Marketing executives at the company are considering the merits of a variety of communications programs designed to increase the effectiveness of the company's sales force of beauty consultants. View Details
Keywords: Marketing Communications; Salesforce Management; Decision Making; Performance Effectiveness; Management Teams; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States
Quelch, John A. "Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.: Marketing Communications." Harvard Business School Case 583-068, January 1983. (Revised June 1985.)
- 1983
- Chapter
Communication in One-to-One Relationships
By: John J. Gabarro
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication
Gabarro, John J. "Communication in One-to-One Relationships." In Managing Behavior in Organizations, edited by Leonard A. Schlesinger, Robert G. Eccles, and John J. Gabarro. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
- January 2009 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy
By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, G.A. Donovan and Tracy Manty
China Mobile was the world's leading mobile communications service provider with over 400 million customers. In some cities, its penetration rate was over 100%. With such huge successes, Chairman Wang Jianzhou was exploring ways to expand its customer base. Nearly... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Investment; Rural Scope; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Telecommunications Industry; China
Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, G.A. Donovan, and Tracy Manty. "China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 309-034, January 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
- June 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Background Note
Managing IT in the 1990s: Communications Technology
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Geoffrey Bock
Provides an overview of the basic technologies that comprise the communications infrastructure of a firm. Network architecture, wide area networks, local area networks, communication media, network protocols, and basic principles of data transmission over networks are... View Details
Applegate, Lynda M., and Geoffrey Bock. "Managing IT in the 1990s: Communications Technology." Harvard Business School Background Note 195-270, June 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- Article
Keeping Score on Community Investment
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Keeping Score on Community Investment." Leader to Leader, no. 33 (Summer 2004): 13–19.
- Article
Online Community as Space for Knowledge Flows
By: Samer Faraj, Georg von Krogh, Eric Monteiro and Karim R. Lakhani
Online communities frequently create significant economic and relational value for community participants and beyond. It is widely accepted that the underlying source of such value is the collective flow of knowledge among community participants. We distinguish the... View Details
Faraj, Samer, Georg von Krogh, Eric Monteiro, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Online Community as Space for Knowledge Flows." Information Systems Research 27, no. 4 (December 2016): 668–684.
- August 2008
- Article
Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion
By: William R. Kerr
This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Ethnicity; Production; Integration; Knowledge Sharing; Patents; Employment; Performance Productivity; Entrepreneurship; Change; Developing Countries and Economies; Immigration; China; United States
Kerr, William R. "Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion." Review of Economics and Statistics 90, no. 3 (August 2008): 518–537.
- 2012
- Chapter
Communicating Frames in Negotiations
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Markus Noth
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Markus Noth. "Communicating Frames in Negotiations." In The Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, edited by Gary E. Bolton and Rachel T.A. Croson, 61–75. Oxford University Press, 2012.
- 31 Jul 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization
- June 2010 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities (A)
By: David A. Garvin and Rachna Tahilyani
Zensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices, Vision Communities, is an inclusive forum for innovation and strategy formulation. As the company grows,... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Cooperation; Information Technology Industry; India
Garvin, David A., and Rachna Tahilyani. "Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-024, June 2010. (Revised November 2011.)
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Communications Satellite Corporation TN
Teaching Note for (9-276-195). View Details
- Research Summary
Regulatory negotiations and risk communication
In the pharmaceutical industry a drugs benefits and risks are constantly being weighed by companies, regulators, physicians and drug consumers. While companies and regulators must make decisions based on population statistics about drug outcomes, physicians and drug... View Details
- October 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
Managing Science Communication at Bayer
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 921-045. View Details
- February 2003 (Revised September 2004)
- Teaching Note
Mobile Communications Tokyo, Inc. (TN)
By: Walter Kuemmerle and David Lane
Teaching Note for (9-899-077). View Details
- April 2024
- Background Note
Leader as a Communicator
By: Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams and Katherine Connolly Baden
Groysberg, Boris, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden. "Leader as a Communicator." Harvard Business School Background Note 424-045, April 2024.
- February 1997
- Case
Arch Communications Group, Inc.
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarayu Srinivasan
The market values Arch differently from analysts' values. View Details
Palepu, Krishna G., and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Arch Communications Group, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 197-047, February 1997.
- July 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Private Communications Corporation (A)
Ann Meceda is a soon-to-be MBA graduate. She has been working as the director of marketing in an Internet start-up, and now the founder wants her to become CEO. She must weigh the personal and business risks and assess her own objectives and tolerance for risks. View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Internet and the Web; Management Succession; Marketing; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Service Industry
Roberts, Michael J., and Nicole Tempest. "Private Communications Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-032, July 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- September 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Private Communications Corporation (B)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Roberts, Michael J., and Nicole Tempest. "Private Communications Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 899-030, September 1998. (Revised February 1999.)