Crisis Response Plans - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Oct 2017
News

The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received

something to say. And I think in business meetings or in a lot of different contexts in business, people might just ask me my perspective. And I always feel like I have a ready response or perspective on a tough or easy business problem.... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Back to the Future

“But in 1979, because of price controls, there were lines at filling stations. We joked that while people were waiting in line, they could kill time reading Energy Future.” The book was embraced by the Carter administration whose National Energy View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Jun 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

donors must speak French. The Birthday Rules: Critical Conversations to Have with Your Children (Ages 6-16) by Jeff Wald (MBA 2002) with Rachel Marsh (Post Hill Press) Parents are finding the traditional challenges of raising well-adjusted, self-confident, and socially... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

wanted more real-world responsibilities—implementing projects, managing larger groups, making an impact. She left Bain in 2005 for a job as strategic planning manager at Whirlpool. Tasked with turning around the business's cooking... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Oct 1996
News

Lasting Impressions

wonderful businessmen who were very good role models. I loved the idea of marketing and serving customers, and I planned to go to business school right after college. My father talked me into going to law school first, but after I... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

had before." When Klump discussed the matter with a fellow team member, she laughed and told him, "You are too American! No matter how toned down your comments might be, it's still too direct." The incident and its aftermath, Klump says, were largely... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2005
News

Do You Speak Business?

When Klump discussed the matter with a fellow team member, she laughed and told him, “You are too American! No matter how toned down your comments might be, it’s still too direct.” The incident and its aftermath, Klump says, were largely View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

05 May 2023
News

Fail Better

anti-austerity party won the next election, but Samaras, who continues to represent the district of Messinia in Parliament, doesn't regret his stance during the crisis nor does he regret launching Political Spring, a party he started in... View Details

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

protectionist reversals together mean that few companies can afford to remain focused on their domestic markets. Managers responsible for marketing in a multinational or global enterprise must design appropriate marketing programs for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

structures in the European Union and Japan. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707471 McDonald's Corp.: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain Harvard Business School Case 907-414 McDonald's seeks to learn from a successful... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

fronts. He persuaded Melvin Copeland, a noted marketing professor, to change his planned textbook to a collection of business "problems." Published in September 1920, it became the first business casebook. Donham also... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

01 Dec 1999
News

From the Editors

Fenn, Jr., Edward L. Anthony (MBA '52), and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (51st PMD). Volume I, number 1 of the Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin appeared on January 3, 1925, after a three-year trial as a special section of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin. The tentative... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jan 2003
News

Greylock

concentrating its control in the hands of a single member of the firm, the three founders agreed to create a series of overlapping funds. Each general partner could then take responsibility for running one of them, with input from his... View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

assets, including customer relationships; innovative products and services; high-quality and responsive operating processes; skills and knowledge of the workforce; the information technology that supports the workforce and links the firm... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

01 Dec 2000
News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

lesson plans before they arrive, to building a special cafeteria to accommodate school groups, where three shifts of 450 students eat lunch almost every weekday. While McCarter is proud that the Field has increased the number of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

menu. We illustrate this result empirically in the context of 401(k) plans, where we show a negative relation between the number of investment choices in a 401(k) plan and the quality of the optimal portfolio achievable given those... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

national security efforts, for example, produce unwelcome reactions from other countries. My research is currently focused on how firms are reshaping their practices in response to this new geopolitical context and economic security... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the financial crisis, governments are... View Details