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By: Nancy F. Koehn
My teaching and research focus on crisis leadership and how men and women use crises to make themselves better leaders. I currently teach a module in the Advanced Management Program and an HBS Online LIVE course on Courageous Leadership. The purpose of each course is...
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- 1997
- Book
Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices
By: Leslie Perlow
Why do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Perlow documents the work life of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended...
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Perlow, Leslie. Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997.
- 15 Jul 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Poultry in Motion: A Study of International Trade Finance Practices
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
operations intertwined. Working Together in Crises Authors:Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch", and Arnold M. Howitt Publication:Crisis Response Journal Abstract No abstract available. Paper:
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Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Overview
In industries characterized by extreme dynamism, complexity, and uncertainty, formal structure often “falls behind” actual work processes. The nature of work in these environments evolves continuously while formal structure can only do so at specific times in discrete...
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- 2015
- Working Paper
Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding Financial Institutions
By: Robert C. Merton and Robert T. Thakor
Financial institutions have both investors and customers. Investors, such as those who invest in stocks and bonds or private/public-sector guarantors of institutions, expect an appropriate risk-adjusted return in exchange for the financing and risk-bearing that they...
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Financial Institutions
Merton, Robert C., and Robert T. Thakor. "Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding Financial Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21258, June 2015.
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Curriculum - Case Method Project
major infrastructure spending and fiscal crises in New York State in the first half of the 1800s, and it describes how reformers sought to address the issue of mounting public debt in the 1840s, following the Panic of 1837. In particular,...
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- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
even excluding COVID-19 deaths) Mental health crises Secondary health problems from neglect/postponement of routine/preventative care Mass unemployment Dining, entertainment, arts, tourism industries—the whole experiential...
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 11 Apr 2023
- Op-Ed
The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone
and the way unexpected crises can emerge rapidly, leaders must move faster and display more strategic agility than ever before. Much of Watkins’ advice about how company officials should assume a leadership post still holds true. It’s...
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by John Quelch
- 2020
- Working Paper
Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo and Xina Li
Prior research has documented that during mortality-related crises workers face psychic costs and are motivated to make social contributions. In addition, management practices that encourage workers to make social contributions during a crisis create value for firms....
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Crisis;
Social Contributions;
Work From Home (WFH);
Cannot Work From Home (CWFH);
Social Distancing;
Online Communities;
Coronavirus;
COVID-19;
Health Pandemics;
Employees;
Working Conditions;
Internet and the Web;
Crisis Management
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Wesley W. Koo, and Xina Li. "Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-096, March 2020. (Revised April 2020.)
- March 2013
- Teaching Note
Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble
In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the...
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- 08 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Federal Reserve’s Abandonment of Its 1923 Principles
- Web
Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
States severely affected the flow of goods, manufacturing, and job growth in Europe and Asia. Stock markets plunged, resulting in the worst economic downturn in global markets since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Major debt crises...
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Re-Producing Exclusivity: A History of the Transatlantic Fashion Industry, 1929-1960
The history of fashion has been increasingly explored over the last decade, but two important and intertwined features of the topic are still underdeveloped: business and its international aspect. These dimensions are crucial. Fashion is first and foremost an industry...
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- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
Publications Civilization: The Six Ways the West Beat the Rest Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Review the book:...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Data - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
this space as we will be regularly updating our data page with new datasets as we make progress. Last Data Update: March 2022 Themes Measuring Sentiment & Expectations Sentiment & Expectations Data Global Crises Data By Country Global...
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Crises By: Robin Greenwood , Samuel G. Hanson , Andrei Shleifer & Jakob Ahm Sørensen JAN 2022 Using historical data on postwar financial crises around the world, the authors show that the combination of...
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Podcast - Business & Environment
humanitarian crises caused by climate change. In this episode of HBR Idea Cast, Climate Rising host Harvard Business School professor Mike Toffel and his colleague Forest Reinhardt discuss how the U.S. Navy is both addressing climate...
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Value Creation Through Effective Boards
global governance challenges affect the business Improve governance processes relating to strategy, risk management, integrity, and oversight Prepare your board to react to crises and deal with exposure to risks Expand your personal and...
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- 04 May 2009
- Working Paper Summaries