Publications

08 Nov 2019
News

HBS Life: The Military Community at HBS

24 Oct 2017
Blog Post

The Latin American Community at HBS

Latin American is a state of being, not a regional denomination. Or at least that is what I learned at Harvard Business School. Upon arriving at HBS, members of the Latin American community took conscious steps to get acquainted with... View Details

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

Children in the United States today are at risk to live shorter lives than their parents. This sobering assessment is one reason big box retailer Target is investing $40 million this year to improve the health of communities around the... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

28 Mar 2017
Video

Joining the LGBT Community at HBS

October 2007 (Revised February 2010)
Case

Adelphia Communications Corp.'s Bankruptcy

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Belen Villalonga

In 2002, a massive accounting fraud and corporate looting scandal involving the founding Rigas family made Adelphia the 11th largest bankruptcy case in history, and the third-after WorldCom and Enron-among those triggered by fraud. Set in 2005, when Adelphia is... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Restructuring; Crime and Corruption; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Family Ownership

01 Jun 2000
News

HBS Community Reaches Out

The School's longtime commitment to public service was once again demonstrated at this year's annual Project Outreach. On Saturday, March 25, more than four hundred HBS students, partners, faculty, and staff volunteered to perform View Details

January 1992
Teaching Note

Communications Satellite Corporation TN

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-276-195). View Details

Keywords: Cost of Capital; Equity; Risk and Uncertainty; Communications Industry

Web

Campus & Community | About

Campus & Community Map & Directions Take A Tour A Vital Residential Community A Campus Built on Philanthropy A Commitment to Sustainability 1927 Harvard Business School campus constructed 270 + Full-time... View Details

April 2012
Article

Proposing a Welfare Framework for the Society and Local Community Stakeholders: A Mixed Method Study

By: Shashank Shah

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Community Engagement; Philanthropy; India

Find at Harvard

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

Keywords: Management; Information Technology; Communication Technology

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

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

21 Jul 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Why Do User Communities Matter for Strategy?

Keywords: by Sonali K. Shah and Frank Nagle

13 Jul 2015
News

A commitment to community

The first person in his family to attend college, James Jackson III (MBA 2016) has gained a broader world view at HBS and he remains committed to enabling others to succeed. (Published July 2015) View Details

13 Nov 2012
News

Two Candidates, Two Distinct Ways of Communicating

03 Jun 2020
News

Keeping a Community Connected

600 people daily in East Boston and other neighborhoods, he has watched the COVID-19 pandemic hit his community particularly hard. In response, EBSC—whose programming includes everything from STEM education for teens to offering recovery... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

2012
Chapter

Communicating Frames in Negotiations

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Markus Noth

Keywords: Negotiation; Communication

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24 Jun 2022
Blog Post

On Pride and Community

systems. How did you get involved in the PRIDE community at HBS? As soon as I got to campus, meeting other queer women was the number one priority on my list. I had a lot of open questions about whether HBS would be a place I would feel... View Details

1994
Chapter

Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom

By: James E. Austin, L. B. Barnes, C. R. Christiansen and A. J. Hansen

Keywords: Teaching; Communication; Knowledge Sharing