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- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
shocks." They focused on two potential shocks: bad weather and big sporting events. "We were lucky," Sadun says. "We happened to collect the data during monsoon season. At the same time, during the study period, India hosted the Indian... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
environments and does not seem to be explained by measurement error. Third, difference in differences estimates with respect to the cost of effort, due to weather shocks and popular sport events, reveal that the observed difference... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
quick, and (3) learn and adapt. Axiom #1: Make A Bump Plan Military strategist Carl von Clausewitz coined the term friction, "the force that makes the apparently easy so difficult." Friction doesn't just refer to adverse weather... View Details
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
Small-business owners trying to weather the coronavirus pandemic will face a financial blow that’s likely to be worse than what they experienced during the Great Recession more than a decade ago, says Karen G. Mills, senior fellow at... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
mind. Implications for mind perception, dehumanization, and intergroup relations are discussed. August 2013 Journal of Applied Psychology Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity By: Lee, Jooa Julia, Francesca Gino, and Bradley... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
What Should Leaders Communicate? Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times As companies batten down the hatches, we need leaders who do not compromise on standards and values that are essential in flush times. Fortunately, such leaders do exist. Their insights can help... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
warming, I suspect there would be some nasty unintended consequences for our weather and our world." Leading from this line of reasoning, Phil Jackson advises us "we would be better (off) investing in the resources to handle... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
shocks and crime is similar to the observed relationship between rainfall shocks and crime. Our results thus identify a causal effect of poverty on crime. They also lend credence to a large literature on the effects of weather shocks on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
Supplement 411-027 To weather the 2009 financial crisis, Eden McCallum's cofounders must renegotiate partners' compensation, attract independent consultants to meet different client demands, and reassure their advisory board that their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather events beyond its control. However, fewer voters punish the ruling party when its government responds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
offerings to maintain differentiation from copycats. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512065-PDF-ENG Citibank: Weathering the Commercial Real Estate Crisis of the Early 1990s Julie M. Wulf and Ian McKown... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
for others has been taking longer and longer (more off days, more zombie TV watching and internet browsing, and feeling too fatigued to exercise). Weather does not help as gray, dark, and colder days increase.” His employees, likewise,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
businesspeople as well as to legislators,” Sawyer says. “They were looking for profit-sharing plans that would enable even less efficient firms to weather the downturn.” In 1933, California approved two additional laws to strengthen fair... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
reach the Internet and request in-car traffic updates, news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, stock quotes, and e-mail." On the face of it, OnStar has huge potential. There is no denying the popularity of cell phones and... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
Done right, digital technology can be a tremendous opportunity for established players as demonstrated by Best Buy, New York Times, Weather Company, and others. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54862... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
Notre Dame had weathered the crisis relatively well, but there were several key questions Malpass had to address. Should Notre Dame continue to make illiquid investments in the context of rising unfunded commitments relative to liquid... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
interpretation," Parsons says. The column is like a weather report for financial news, reporting on the events in the market on the previous day. It's not always the same weatherman doing the reporting, however; rather, the paper... View Details
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
financing—multinational firms with access to foreign capital, for example—recovered more quickly than companies reliant on local financing. Companies may do well to consider that fact as they position themselves to weather the next... View Details