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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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Creating the Modern Financial System
By: David A. Moss
Creating the Modern Financial System offers a vital perspective on finance and the financial system by exploring the historical development of key financial instruments and institutions worldwide. The premise of the course is that students will gain a richer and... View Details
- 2020
- Discussion Paper
Acting Now While Preparing for Tomorrow: Competitiveness Upgrading Under the Shadow of COVID-19
By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Peter Clinch
This paper aims to provide policy makers, especially those focused on the longer-term growth potential
of their countries, with an initial framework to think about their action priorities in the context of the
overall COVID-19 response. Our focus is on the...
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Competitiveness;
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Competition;
Government Administration;
Health Pandemics;
Economy;
Supply Chain;
Safety
Ketels, Christian H.M., and Peter Clinch. "Acting Now While Preparing for Tomorrow: Competitiveness Upgrading Under the Shadow of COVID-19." Discussion Paper, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Boston, MA, US, 2020.
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The Forgotten Real Estate Boom - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
of our current subprime mortgage collapse, economists and historians interested in the role of real estate markets in past financial crises are reexamining the relationship of the first asset-price bubble of the 1920s with the later stock...
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- 06 Oct 2016
- HBS Seminar
Edward Fertik, Yale University
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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
historical database of banking, stock market, and currency crises with data on over 60 countries back to 1800. Please visit our data page for visualizations and data downloads, organized by topic. You may also be interested in the Harvard...
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- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets...
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by Avery Forman
- 12 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted
vulnerability A series of major crises and surprises over the past few years raised concerns of the potential fragility of sprawling supply chains for both companies and governments. The rethinking extends beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements
flexibility to deal with unexpected scenarios or combinations of scenarios. This is important because real crises rarely directly match planning scenarios. If response options aren't flexible and modularized, novel events or combinations...
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by Michael Watkins
- 21 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year
institutions in times of need, such as organized crime, churches, and family networks. In my research, I find evidence that when these non-state institutions are politicized, such as is the case with many Evangelical churches in Brazil, economic View Details
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by Rachel Layne
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Project, have made tremendous strides in predicting financial market crashes, panics, and crises. Participants left this session understanding the state of the art in identifying financial market bubbles, and how predictable...
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
(1) companion AIs are often unable to recognize, and respond appropriately to, signs of distress; (2) mental health crises are apparent in a non-negligible minority of conversations with users; and (3) consumers display negative reactions...
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Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Symposium: Virtual Edition The 2021 Gender and Work Symposium, held virtually, spoke to the various crises that have so strikingly come to the fore this past year, here in the US and across the world. To name just a few, we have witnessed...
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- 16 May 2023
- In Practice
After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?
when things are communicated are as important as the resolution itself. Now that the dust has settled a bit, founders should take stock and evaluate how they’ll manage crises going forward. A “code red” crisis—one where the business is...
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Skydeck - Alumni
lessons? A Creator in the Era of Disruption Lessons from an Indonesian entrepreneur aiming for impact, not exit The Camel and the Unicorn Why Silicon Valley is at risk of losing it startup dominance—and what that could mean for the future of innovation The Long View:...
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- 23 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Could Bring Globalization Down?
am not sure waves are the right natural-world image here. I would prefer to think of events such as forest fires or earthquakes—sudden crises arising from the advent of what scientists call "criticality." Q: What other...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader
circumstances or crises that elicit from individuals leadership abilities that even they didn't know they had." "Every one of us has experiences, but we aren't all open to learning from those experiences in the same way," says Nitin...
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Management
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
types of effects. See Victoria’s other research here , Luc’s other research here , and Enrique’s other research here . More Info Predictable Financial Crises By: Robin Greenwood , Samuel G. Hanson , Andrei Shleifer & Jakob Ahm Sørensen...
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- 06 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan
which has a negative effect on all ventures, sensible and nonsensical. I would also reinforce the idea that entrepreneurship is critical around the world. We are confronted with many crises from health care to the environment to global...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
George says, she became an “enabler” for the whole firm. Navigate today’s challenges. Be prepared to successfully lead your company through crises and help solve difficult global problems. In 2014, new General Motors CEO Mary Barra faced...
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by Lane Lambert