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  • 31 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss

Cities and states are feeling the financial pain of this recession more quickly than in past downturns after pandemic-induced lockdowns swiftly decimated sales tax revenue that helps fund their operations. In fact, new research finds that... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • June 2024
  • Case

SnapTravel: Betting on 'Super.com'

By: Reza Satchu and Tom Quinn
This case explores SnapTravel, a travel startup offering discounted hotel rooms, and its founders’ desire to pivot to a “super app” that saved customers money across many different purchase types. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hussein Fazal and Henry Shi saw SnapTravel... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Business Startups; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Volatility; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Income; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Scope; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Health Pandemics; Surveys; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Risk Management; Consumer Behavior; Game Theory; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Diversification; Expansion; System Shocks; Accommodations Industry; Technology Industry; Canada; United States; Las Vegas
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  • 04 Aug 2014
  • Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

years during the crisis and subsequent recovery. In addition, collateral owned by small businesses lost value during the financial crisis, potentially making small business borrowers less creditworthy... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • 25 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

cases, from city to city. "There is no single Asian market," agreed Mark Takahashi, vice president and treasurer of Intergen, a global energy company specializing in greenfield development. "The rules consistently change,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna

    Joshua D. Margolis

    Joshua Margolis is James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration and the Unit Head for the Organizational Behavior unit. He is also Faculty Chair of the Program for Leadership Development. His research and teaching revolve around leadership... View Details

    Keywords: furniture; health care; insurance industry; nonprofit industry; pharmaceuticals
    • 12 Aug 2002
    • Op-Ed

    Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

    In recent months, world leaders—including President George W. Bush and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan—have proclaimed their determination to reduce global poverty. Such promises, however, have been made before, and past efforts to follow... View Details
    Keywords: by George C. Lodge

      Joseph B. Fuller

      Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and co-leads the school’s initiative, Managing the Future of Work. He currently teaches the Becoming a General Manager course in the second year of the MBA program and formerly headed The... View Details

        Christopher A. Bartlett

        Professor Christopher A. Bartlett received an economics degree from the University of Queensland, Australia (1964), and both the masters and doctorate degrees in business administration from Harvard University (1971 and 1979). 

        As a practicing manager prior... View Details

        Keywords: consulting; health care; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; wine
        • February 2022
        • Case

        Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi: Leading Through the Fog of the COVID-19 Pandemic

        By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
        As COVID-19 began to take lives, destroy healthcare systems, and shut down economies across the globe, Dr. Rakesh Suri, Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and his executive team adapted their leadership to instill the new levels of agility and... View Details
        Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Culture; Organizational Culture; Organizational Adaptation; Organizational Effectiveness; Alignment; Leadership; Innovation; Diversity; Collaboration; Co-creation; Learning Organizations; Empowerment; Teamwork; Ecosystem; Agility; Partnerships; Data-driven Decision-making; Operating Model; Risk Management; Virtual Work; Team Dynamics; Telemedicine; Metrics; Globalization; Pandemic; COVID-19; Hospital; Healthcare; United Arab Emirates; Middle East; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Crisis Management; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Digital Transformation; United Arab Emirates; Middle East
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        • March 2005 (Revised January 2006)
        • Case

        Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposures

        By: Mihir A. Desai and Mark Veblen
        How should a multinational firm manage foreign exchange exposures? Examines transactional and translational exposures and alternative responses to these exposures by analyzing two specific hedging decisions by General Motors. Describes General Motors' corporate hedging... View Details
        Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Expansion; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Risk and Uncertainty; International Finance; Auto Industry
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        • 26 Jun 2009
        • Research Event

        Business Summit: Business and the Environment

        Managing Partner, Generation Investment ManagementJames McCarthy, Harvard University faculty These experts shared their perspectives on global climate change. Professor McCarthy discussed scientific findings; Blood provided an investor's... View Details
        Keywords: Re: Forest L. Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities
        • 11 Feb 2015
        • Research & Ideas

        Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

        Talk of the recent financial crisis often falls into a simplistic narrative of villainous banks, marketing toxic financial products to innocent customers who did not understand... View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

          Gunnar Trumbull

          Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

          Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details

          Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
          • 28 Sep 2015
          • Research & Ideas

          Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

          In many emerging economies, the need to give people in poverty better access to financial services seems obvious. The mobile phone is a perfect vehicle, given their widespread adoption, even among the View Details
          Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services
          • 22 Apr 2020
          • Research Event

          How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

          Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
          Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
          • April 1991 (Revised July 1994)
          • Case

          Southland Corp. (B)

          By: Richard S. Ruback
          Examines Southland's financial difficulties following the LBO in 1987 up to the first restructuring plan in July 1990. The teaching objectives are: to explore the complexities of a failed leverage buyout and the operating restrictions that result from financial... View Details
          Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Crisis Management
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          • 24 Jan 2024
          • Op-Ed

          Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago

          Business School, and former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Medtronic. He doesn't hold a financial stake in Boeing, its competitors, or any airlines. You Might Also Like: What Went Wrong with the Boeing 737 Max? Courage: The Defining... View Details
          Keywords: by Bill George; Air Transportation; Transportation; Aerospace
          • 03 Feb 2018
          • Op-Ed

          How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

          Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details
          Keywords: by Julie Battilana
          • 07 Sep 2011
          • First Look

          First Look: Sept. 7

          the global financial system, environmental degradation, and inadequate government and international institutions are just a few of the forces that threaten to disrupt global... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 10 May 2004
          • Research & Ideas

          Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

          more than 3,000 American transnationals suggests that JVs are falling out of favor. Why? Increasing forces of globalization such as increasingly fragmented production processes make the decision not to collaborate pay off. That's one... View Details
          Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell