Turbulence - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2019
News

The School that Donham Built

aftermath of World War I, the Great Depression, and the beginning of World War II. In this turbulent era, he developed a distinctive focus and pedagogy that helped define business as a profession and grew a pioneering Harvard venture into... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

example, we learn how challenges have been turned into opportunities, and how you can grow successful businesses in turbulent conditions by paying close attention to execution and recruitment of strong managerial talent. Silverthorne:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Not Slowing VC Investment

well during these turbulent times. “In venture capital, a third of the companies you put money into are just going to go belly up,” Gompers says. “But maybe 10 or 15 percent of your companies will go on to make five or 10 times your... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Banking

30 Jun 2019
News

Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo

Clubs News Clubs News Buffalo Alumni Explore the Future of Manufacturing Amid Global Turbulence The HBS Club of Buffalo hosted HBS Professor Willy Shih as a guest speaker in April for a talk on the impacts of global trade disputes on... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2001
News

Dean Clark on the New Academic Year

business today. Our focus is on the development of ideas and the creation of programs and experiences that will enable leaders to be effective in a turbulent and changing global economy. To bring you up to date on our progress, I would... View Details

Keywords: Kim B. Clark; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2000
News

Capturing Human Capital

Confronted with the fundamental changes that are transforming today's global business environment, a number of firms are finding it necessary to reevaluate their organizational priorities. "These are turbulent times for business as many... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

Health Industry Alumni Convene for Conference

Genome Research. The evening's keynote speaker, Guidant Corporation group chairman Ginger Graham (MBA '86), reviewed issues and technology advances in the field of cardiology. The next day's presentations included a breakfast seminar titled "Managing Your Career in... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

16 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 16

organization's external environment. Our review of institutional strategies is focused on emerging market contexts, settings that are characterized by weak capital market and regulatory infrastructures and fast-paced turbulent change.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2020
News

Righting the Ship

have big parts to play. That can be positive. It will be difficult and it will involve lots of complicated trade-offs and wrenching decisions, but nonetheless, we need a lot more than hunkering down and hoping we get through. Nancy Koehn is the James E. Robison... View Details

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

corporate management, and how PGL helps executives address these critical issues. Q: How are fundamental changes occurring in the global business environment driving change at the organizational level? A: These are turbulent times for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Aug 2001
News

Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

health-care system will only improve if professionals in the field "embrace change." The next morning, Dean Kim Clark sounded a similar theme, noting that new technologies, dramatic shifts in markets and customers, and intense global competition have created a dynamic,... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Blog

Emerging from the Pandemic: Insights from South Asia and ASEAN

celebrating the accomplishment. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MORE DURABLE CHANGES YOU HAVE SEEN AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC? During the pandemic, business leaders and executives had a lot of time at home to think about their businesses, their careers, and their lives. While... View Details

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310055-PDF-ENG Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (B) Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany ObenchainHarvard Business School Supplement 310-056 Having taken steps to shore up investor confidence, during the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

Harvard Business School started its Japan Research Office in December 2001—smack in the middle of an incredibly turbulent time for the country's economy. The boom years of the 1970s and 1980s—when Japanese management practices and... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Dec 2006
News

Forestalling Terror

top. A lot of the rhetoric about the need for an “intelligence czar” points in this direction. But we’ve seen in the private sector that, in highly turbulent environments, overly centralized organizations get overwhelmed by the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407060 Navigating Turbulent Waters: Glitnir Bank's Communication Challenge during a Macroeconomic Crisis Harvard Business School Case 107-050 Glitnir Bank is an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2019
News

INK: Maker’s Manual

curiosity about what fellow alumni are doing, and their commitment both individually and as part of the HBS community to making the world a better place,” Stevenson says. “In these turbulent times—as in times past—HBS alumni are stepping... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2004
News

One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

major securities laws and the formation of the SEC. We were in the same sort of turbulent period but with one major difference. In 1929, not that many people were invested in the stock market. This time around, well over half of the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Mar 2018
News

‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

barriers that might have caused individuals to say, “Gee, I’d love to go to Harvard, but I can’t afford it.” APRIL 1968: Turbulent Times DARDEN: Dr. King’s assassination really had a major impact on me, so much so that I contemplated... View Details

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

Clubs News Clubs News HBS Association of Boston Commemorates Centennial In 2023, the HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) is commemorating its Centennial Year with activities and events aimed at celebrating a century of alumni accomplishments, exploring the trends shaping... View Details