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2019
Article

The Social Desirability of Offshoring: A Swiss Consensus (1945–1975)

By: Sabine Pitteloud

This article focuses on the evolution of the rhetoric and practice of corporate offshoring in Switzerland from the post-war economic boom to the industrial crisis in the mid-seventies. The virtue of a historical perspective on the issue of offshoring is to show how... View Details

Keywords: Multinationals; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Relocation; Labor Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Labor and Management Relations; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Switzerland

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31 Jan 2012
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investment professionals. Asset Allocation by Institutional Investors after the Recent Financial Crisis Authors:Robert C. Pozen, Betsy Palmer, and Natalie Shapiro Publication:In Growing Old: Paying for Retirement and Institutional Money... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

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Lehman Brothers Timeline Sept-Oct 2008 Video-Coverage of the Financial Crisis Download the Exhibition Catalog (PDF) Lehman Brothers Archives Lehman Brothers Deal Books Search Exhibition Lehman Brothers - Introduction 1840s – 1880s General... View Details

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

people confined in their homes across the world. A key question many managers face now is how much and in what form to invest in risk-mitigating technologies and corresponding changes in products and services. This, to a great extent,... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

03 Aug 2010
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PublicationsLords of the Harvest: Symbolic Signaling and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Sangchan Park Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2010) Abstract Firms... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2008
Op-Ed

The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations

fundamental change in the regulatory structure is required for managing risk in the financial system. That said, there is still a fundamental gap in the recommended structure because it leaves some financial firms out of "prudential... View Details

Keywords: by Dwight Crane; Banking; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services

14 Apr 2022
Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

steps: Create a system for evaluating and reviewing crisis plans. Building a process for reviewing crisis management plans and implementing new feedback and lessons helps... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

17 Apr 2022
Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

Company managers have likely heard the old quip: Business ethics is a contradiction in terms. That’s because too often, business is viewed as a hard-hearted enterprise, driven by getting ahead at all costs, even if that means cutting... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

transparency through data sharing in order to better track the chain of subcontractors. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond How to Manage Coronavirus... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2015
Blog Post

Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

the VA crisis happened in May of 2014, I wanted to come to Washington and help. My boss, Secretary McDonald, was the former CEO of Proctor & Gamble—one of PepsiCo’s biggest competitors for talent—so he understood first-hand the value... View Details

24 Nov 2009
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and in contrast, such indirect costs appear relatively fixed in the face of sales declines in this industry. We discuss potential sources of these cost-structure patterns and their implications for cost management efforts as asset View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 2002 (Revised January 2003)
Case

Mount Everest-1996

Describes the events that transpired during the May 1996, Mount Everest tragedy. Examines the flawed decisions that climbing teams made before and during the ascent. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Groups and Teams; Crisis Management; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Nepal

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27 Apr 2020
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How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

Onboarding employees well in a time of crisis take a great deal more effort. The effort will pay off, however, when the integration strategy works and people are performing at peak efficiency at a time when every dollar and every minute... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

basic idea is that if the central bank manages to keep inflation within the target range (again, around 2 percent), then everything else will tend to fall into place: low unemployment, relatively stable GDP growth, and so on. So, once the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2019
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smartphones for them to easily report anomalies or concerns. Reports from the app are embedded in a new real-time crisis management platform used by several Swiss companies, federal authorities, and the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2014
Supplement

Honeywell and the Great Recession: The Economic Recovery (B)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg

Five years after the Great Recession, Honeywell's CEO Dave Cote and his executive team reflect on the choices they made to manage costs and earnings forecasts during that uncertain time. They discuss which cost cutting measures they decided to take and their personal... View Details

Keywords: Layoffs; Furloughs; Downsizing; Work Sharing; Short Time Work; Recessions; Earnings Forecast; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Cost Management; Executive Compensation; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Manufacturing Industry

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15 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Coming Out Calculus: A Reflection in Honor of National Coming Out Day

services to catering to product management before returning to Harvard for his MBA. Here, Brian shares a reflection of his first time coming out in the workplace in honor of National Coming Out Day. It’s July 2016. It’s the first day of... View Details

November 2017
Case

Third Point Paints a Target on Sotheby's

By: Lena G. Goldberg

When faced with the increasing accumulation of its stock by activist investors led by Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC and the activists’ stated objective to replace management and at least some Sotheby’s Board members, Sotheby’s, the world’s oldest auction house,... View Details

Keywords: Fiduciary Duties; Activists; Activist Investors; Rights Plan; Poison Pills; Takeover Defenses; Corporate Governance; Laws and Statutes; Lawsuits and Litigation; Ownership Stake; Value Creation; Crisis Management

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19 Jan 2024
News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

authenticity—it goes all the way back to Aristotle's logos, pathos, ethos. So I think these ideas have been around for a long time. I think we are experiencing a crisis of trust in many organizations and institutions right now, which I... View Details

October 2009 (Revised August 2014)
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Tengion: Bringing Regenerative Medicine to Life

By: Elie Ofek and Polly Ross Ribatt

Tengion is a young biotech company that is at the frontier of regenerative medicine—a nascent field that seeks to promote the creation of new cells and tissue to repair or replace tissue or organ function lost due to age, disease, damage, or congenital defects. In late... View Details