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- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
selective invite-only criteria for new members, would MCBRE be able to continue to grow? Should growth even be a goal? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309105 Note: Restructuring Distressed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
Easy Answers, it's important to regulate the level of distress or disruption that people feel. If you make them feel too much pressure, they'll be unable to perform the adaptive work you're asking them to do. Updated advice: Be only as... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
small businesses confronting unprecedented challenges, she and classmate Amina Edwards (MBA 2020) launched “MBAs Fight COVID-19” to match distressed business owners with students offering pro bono consulting help. “MBAs across the country... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
donated to nonprofits, Accion Chicago is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to build communities through entrepreneurship. We all know that small business is the growth engine of any economy. This is even more true for distressed... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
stories of the families we work with are not unlike my story,” says Owusu-Kesse. The son of Ghanaian immigrants, he was raised by his mother in a distressed Worcester, Massachusetts, neighborhood. “I experienced firsthand the sacrifices... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
In recent years, I have been inside nearly two dozen turnaround situations, in various stages of progress, in which new leaders were bringing distressed organizations back from the brink of failure and setting them on a healthier course.... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
during the AFC. Regression estimates suggest that the relationship between leverage, exchange rate depreciations, and corporate financial distress is time varying. Also, a central finding is that firm size is correlated with corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Angela R. Hicks Bowman
went door to door to sign up customers for a paid subscription service that rated local contractors. Her initial efforts were met with distressing indifference. “I’m very shy,” Hicks said in an Inc. magazine interview.... View Details
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
economic climate of the time. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810054-PDF-ENG Citigroup's Exchange Offer (A) Robin Greenwood and James QuinnHarvard Business School Case 210-009 Citigroup faced considerable View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
other. This year the defending champion diverted to rescue a competitor, damaged his own boat in the process, and had to drop out. But he never hesitated: to aid a mariner in distress is the unquestioned code of the sea. I wish that on... View Details
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
triggered by explicit reminders of the past, such as running into an old friend or hearing music from one’s youth, but people also often become nostalgic when they’re feeling down or distressed in some way. Common psychological triggers... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Profile
Dana Hoffmann
rental process, he suggested, is inefficient and distressing and ready for a technology-based makeover. Hoffmann was intrigued enough to spend much of the next year learning about the rental industry, talking to property managers, large... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
redesigned in a manner that would make Martha Stewart proud — and also gives an outsider a hint that she’s not exaggerating. During her New York days, Reade specialized in buying and selling firms that had gone bankrupt or were in financial View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
global leader in the auto parts industry and to develop into a broad business conglomerate. Beginning in 1994, when it first began its operations in the United States, Wanxiang started to expand its role as a parts supplier into a discerning acquirer of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
expand its role as a parts supplier into a discerning acquirer of distressed companies in the U.S. While it saw acquisition as an exciting means for growth, company strategy at its Hangzhou, China headquarters also included vertical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
deep financial distress and had no choice but seek a foreign partner. Ghosn, who had never worked in Japan but had extensive experiences in other parts of the world, motivated the middle management at Nissan and transformed the culture of... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
disadvantage; in fact, the opposite can be true. Finally, an independent national organization has grown out of my 1995 HBR article "The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City," which is included in this collection. I find that the only sustainable solution... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- Web
2.4 Disciplinary Process | MBA
CAMHS is a counseling and mental health support service that seeks to work collaboratively with students and the University to support individuals experiencing some measure of distress in their lives. Chaplain Resources Harvard Chaplains... View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
space to hear how your team members are truly doing and to be compassionate. They may not want to share much detail, which is completely fine. Knowing that they can is what matters." "Are you okay?" Show a willingness to provide comfort and monitor for signs of View Details
Keywords: All Industries