recovery - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Sep 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

given the length of the economic recovery from the depths of 2008. But are several basic forces at work that put the notion of an imminent recession to rest? In the early 1960s, in a class on business logistics at The Ohio State... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

02 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison

market: people offered jobs far afield stay put, reluctant (and unable) to leave their underwater homes. Since the recovery of the housing market will undergird any broader recovery, we must address these debtors' prisons. Novel Solutions... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

patient outcomes poses particular challenges, in part because "outcome" is a surprisingly nebulous concept. The Value-Based Health Care model divides outcome into a tiered hierarchy: health status achieved (e.g., survival), process of View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

05 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 5

behavior is in fostering collaborations and translations between science and technology and encouraging riskier projects rather than purely increasing patenting. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2197876 The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Steve Jobs Legacy

have ever studied. He had an extremely complex personality, yet his products were paragons of clarity, simplicity, and elegance. He suffered a very public failure in the 1980s, when he was fired at the company he had cofounded, yet he made one of the greatest View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Computer; Technology

16 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters

that predates and goes well beyond the recent economic downturn. It won't go away when an economic recovery occurs; in fact, absent systemic effort, it may get worse. The second is that the multidisciplinary approach of the experts we've... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria

17 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Decoding the Artful Sidestep

candidates whether they supported the economic recovery plan. Neither gave him a direct response, so after several minutes of candidate "answers" he followed up with, "All right, let's go back to my question." Q: What... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists

reopening plans of institutions,” they write. Leadership could consider childcare infrastructure at each university or institution when crafting reopening plans, both as the pandemic drags on and well into the recovery period, Myers and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Biotechnology; Health

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?

with a lot of turbulence: "a very dramatic run off" of activity in the 1980s, followed by a decline in activity that led to a depression for much of the early 1990s, followed by a gradual recovery during the mid-1990s. "The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

team. They will be responsible for designing and maintaining the business continuity and disaster recovery management plan, ensuring a robust and effective response to potential disasters. Process: Maintaining the plan iteratively and... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

pre-transition levels, the researchers found. Whether the new CEO was an external hire or internal promotion affected the pattern of communication, with internal appointments leading to quicker communication recovery than external hires.... View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

Mills says. “If small businesses can stay solvent, then we have a greater chance for a recovery after the virus threat subsides,” she says. The grim reality is sinking in. About 77 percent of small business owners say they’re “very... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

good thing?" Tabellini asks. "Or is it something that eventually might, because of this multiplier effect, harm the local labor market even more, slowing down its recovery relative to what would have happened?" Tabellini, who specializes... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

probability of a crisis within the next three years. “Once the bank balance sheet is handicapped, all kinds of other consequences come out.” An ensuing recovery can take longer to develop once a financial crisis abates if commercial... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Facing the New World Order

the technologies that are developed in the high-income countries. While this is a bad year for the technology sector, we're putting our bets squarely on the recovery of the technology sector over the medium term and that sector continuing... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

"identity"? Does this require yet one more intrusion by government into the private sector? In fact, is it even achievable in countries like the U.S. at this late date? Will such efforts result in the same slow responses to an economic crisis and sluggish... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

minute—and the decision of whether to ride it out and hope for a recovery or to blink and 'puke their position' (pardon the phrase but it's how actual traders describe it)—to be an extremely harrowing experience," says professor... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

domains. Later in the article, I will discuss the role of different theories from social science in the policy formulation process. "Against Desperate Peril: High Performance in Emergency Preparation and Response." In Communicable Crises: Prevention,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, and Oliver Tercieux Abstract—In 2012, New Orleans Recovery School District (RSD) became the first U.S. district to unify charter and traditional public school admissions... View Details