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- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
professor Michael I. Norton and colleagues Elizabeth W. Dunn and Lara B. Aknin, described in the journal Science, looks into how and why spending money on others promotes happiness. Norton explains more in this Q&A. 7. Marketing Your Way Through a View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
arrived at this point in part due to the recession when many retailers reduced headcounts as customers focused more on price and less on service, but also as a result of long-term initiatives like self checkout, which eliminated many... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
much better. In this article, professor and Balanced Scorecard guru Robert S. Kaplan introduces BSC Customer Profitability Metrics. From Balanced Scorecard Report. Marketing Your Way Through a Recession Published: March 3, 2008 In a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
consensus that embraced international trade and outsourcing while supporting continuous upgrading of workplace skills. In April 2009, the new Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, is balancing short-term responses to a global recession... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
return of a pandemic. But what about potential opportunities associated with the recession of the coronavirus, opportunities associated with a “reshuffling of the deck” in the workforce caused by COVID-19 that could create opportunities... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
have a similar issue. In fact, the global recession has made that issue more visible: production efficiencies have reduced the cost of goods sold at S&P 500 companies, while SG&A as a percentage of sales has not decreased. If you... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. AbbottHarvard Business School Case 210-001 Hit with an industry recession and the global financial crisis of 2008, in January 2009 LyondellBasell Industries AF S.C.A., one of the world's largest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
number of niche firms for long, sustained periods of time. In the software industry, a large number of niche players have endured for many years, constantly generating a variety of product innovations. Despite the contraction caused by the crash of 2000 and the View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
There were a whole lot of risk factors in the Great Recession that contributed to the collapse: It was availability of credit to subprime borrowers, the syndication of these mortgages in the residential mortgage-backed securities market,... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
disposable income and they are little bit scarred from the recession. They have taken the biggest lumps in terms of financial hits, which has led them to delay getting married, delay having babies, delay purchasing homes, etc. It is not certain what the long term... View Details
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
Summing Up The current global recession has, judging from responses to this month's column, many origins, among them housing and credit. All, of course, are traceable to human responses to both perceived opportunities and calamities,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Melissa BartonHarvard Business School Supplement 411-003 The global economy entered a crippling recession in the fourth quarter of 2008, and Dow lost its primary source of funding for its planned acquisition of Rohm and Haas. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
likely contributed to the great recession by inflating the housing and credit bubbles in 2005-2007. But when it comes to sovereign risk, they are getting it right. Across the world, there are many serious threats to the long-term ability... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
already concern that, if left unchecked, small business lending could become the next subprime lending crisis. Traditional players, such as community banks, are weighing into the debate as well, fearing that stronger regulatory oversight in the wake of the View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
recent recession has made things worse. Store closures have become increasingly common, household names like A&P and Winn-Dixie (now part of Lone Star owned Bi-Lo) have entered (and emerged from) bankruptcy, and supermarket giant... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
practices and a distinctive strategy, the company has generated enviable financial results. During the Great Recession of 2007–2009, the company went to great lengths to avoid layoffs. But as the case opens in 2013, one division of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
positive note, however, healthcare companies were commonly thought to be recession proof and thus might be a sound investment in the event of a down-turning economy. Burnham had to decide if this was the right time for an exit, and if so,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
abruptly in the Great Recession and has not come back. There are a number of theories about too much regulation, for example, or too much student debt, but it is a problem because small businesses provide a path to the American dream.... View Details
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
costs. Silicon and wafer cutting technologies that were rendered surplus after the semiconductor industry slowed down during the last recession were picked up by a fast-growing solar energy industry.Q: What advice would you give would-be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
employer-based insurance will return Amitabh Chandra: More demand for insurance exchanges Recessions and pandemics create job losses that highlight the problems of tying health insurance to employment. Cleaving insurance from employment... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost