Publications

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

to cover most of the cost of the recovery plan. Japan often shows itself at its best in times of crisis, setting aside internal differences and responding with inspiring levels of efficiency and self-sacrifice. This crisis will be no... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

January 2021
Article

Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning Mitigates Self-Serving Bias in Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Crisis

By: Karen Huang, Regan Bernhard, Netta Barak-Corren, Max Bazerman and Joshua D. Greene

The COVID-19 crisis has forced healthcare professionals to make tragic decisions concerning which patients to save. Furthermore, the COVID-19 crisis has foregrounded the influence of self-serving bias in debates on how to allocate scarce resources. A utilitarian... View Details

Keywords: Self-serving Bias; Procedural Justice; Bioethics; COVID-19; Fairness; Health Pandemics; Resource Allocation; Decision Making

2010
Casebook

Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

By: Laura Alfaro

All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter. International capital flows can significantly affect countries' development efforts and provide clear investment opportunities for businesses. During the 1990s and early... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations

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August 2012 (Revised November 2012)
Case

Bonne Chance

With a competitor nipping at his heels, his bank reluctantly covering his recent overdraft, Jacob Zimmerman is considering expanding his Midwestern retail jewelry business by bringing on the new Swatch watch line to augment his high end Rolex offerings. Only 14 weeks... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Bank Loan; Entrepreneurial Finance; Turnarounds; Negotiation; Liquidation; Entrepreneurship; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; United States

Web

COVID-19 as a Novel Event and Risk Management Framework

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April 2010
Article

Managed Globalization: Doctrine, Practice, and Promise

By: Rawi Abdelal and Sophie Meunier

Two alternate visions for shaping and explaining the governance of economic globalization have been in competition for the past 20 years: an ad hoc, laissez-faire vision promoted by the United States versus a managed vision relying on multilateral rules and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Trade; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; European Union; United States

23 Apr 2020
Video

Navigating the Crisis & Beyond: Perspectives for Leaders in South Asia - Part 2

February 2012 (Revised October 2012)
Background Note

A Glossary of Technical Terms Related to Bankruptcy in the U.S.

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Jim Sharpe and Ravi Mehta

Quick reference guide of various terms related to the United States Bankruptcy Code. View Details

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Financial Crisis; Financial Distress; Turnarounds; Legal Aspects Of Business; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Finance; Law; United States

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

budget is only about $31 billion, and that amount is intended to cover all areas of concern in all nations, according to the World Bank Group. Furthermore, the entire gross domestic product of Nigeria, the largest economy in Africa, is only about $37 billion—and that... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

2020
Working Paper

Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization

By: Rawi Abdelal

Every order is a bargain with disappointments and trade-offs. Thus is every order an unstable equilibrium. The first era of globalization, circa 1870–1914, created both international prosperity and domestic instability. That instability was fully realized during the... View Details

Keywords: Centrism; Populism; Globalization; History; Balance and Stability; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Learning

2009
Casebook

Managing Crises: Responses to Large-Scale Emergencies

By: Arnold M. Howitt and Herman B. Leonard

This casebook provides an organized treatment of the major challenges associated with managing large scale disaster events, including discussion of systematic methods of organizing disaster response, preparing in advance for disaster situations, and distinguishing... View Details

Keywords: Crisis Management; Planning; Natural Disasters

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23 Apr 2020
Video

Navigating the Crisis & Beyond: Perspectives for Leaders in South Asia - Part 1

September 2017 (Revised January 2019)
Case

FJ Management Inc.

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Matthew G. Preble

In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company’s strategic direction. Maggelet, daughter of the company’s founder, has led FJ Management since 2009 when she stepped in as CEO... View Details

January 2009
Case

The Federal Reserve and the Banking Crisis of 1931

By: David A. Moss and Cole Bolton

In early October 1931, in the midst of a global economic depression, the U.S. banking system was in crisis—with bank suspensions running at near record levels. At the same time, the broader economy was sputtering, and U.S. gold reserves had come under severe pressure... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Central Banking; Business History; Crisis Management; Banking Industry; United States

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

in political debates, but work to bridge divides among people during the crisis. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond How to Manage Coronavirus... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

July 2010
Teaching Note

Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (TN) (A) and (B) and The Credit Crisis of 2008: An Overview

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem

Teaching Note for 109036, 110005, and 110048. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Compensation and Benefits; Management Teams

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

to reform his company and continue successfully. What did Thyssen see that the others couldn't? A: Well, I would hardly say that Krupp or Siemens foundered in the 1880s, but they certainly faced a profound leadership and management View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

October 26, 2021
Article

Value Chain Management to Implement Post-COVID-19 Health Care Strategy: The COVID-19 Crisis Has Created Areas of Innovation That Should Be Embraced by Health Care Leaders

By: Michael E. Porter, Junaid Nabi and Thomas H. Lee

Health care organizations must learn from what has worked during the COVID-19 crisis. Leaders have found that while they cannot do everything, they must define and manage the sequence of activities required to deliver high-value care. View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Value-based Health Care; Value Chain; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Management; Strategy