Vulnerabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

truly one of the most transformational experiences that inspires you to be authentic and vulnerable in every aspect of your life. From attending student-run MyTake events and listening to my classmates bravely share stories of their... View Details

Web

About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

in real time, perhaps policy makers can anticipate financial vulnerability and take measures to prevent crises. Harvard faculty have originated measures of investor sentiment in the equity, credit, and sovereign debt markets. The... View Details

Blog

Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

Edmondson explains why a psychologically safe environment is more important than ever. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY? People who feel psychologically safe are confident that candor and vulnerability are welcome in their workplace. They... View Details

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

Flying without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success. “At the end of the day what I'm suggesting is that vulnerability in context is the most powerful thing you can have.” DeLong believes the tendency to be a... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

2020
Chapter

Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective

By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones

This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details

Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India

Citation

Purchase

12 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

investments and never assume that years of education will make them more aware of misdeeds. Egan started studying ethics in financial services after an adviser swindled his aunt, a high-level university administrator. Watching her seek restitution highlighted the View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

Portrait Project

Shivangi Goel

the care they need in their most vulnerable moments. I want to reimagine how we bring innovative healthcare tools to the right patients so that in times of crisis we can adapt quickly and prevent unnecessary suffering. I hope to inspire... View Details

05 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS

stories. And that translated over into the actual MBA experience itself. My first year of school, I mean, just how vulnerable people let themselves be about the things that they'd gone through or the thoughts that they have percolating in... View Details

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

January 15, 2019
Article

Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?

By: Josh Baron

The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index... View Details

Keywords: Ownership Type; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Advantage

Citation

Register to Read

Purchase

Web

Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

an increasingly vulnerable position. Large bonuses given to employees who achieved high returns (with no consequences if the firm did poorly) also contributed to a culture of rewarding risk. In the early 2000s, Lehman Brothers established... View Details

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

algorithms make decisions, even for a few seconds, you open yourself up to all kinds of challenges. Consumer privacy and cybersecurity are huge ones. Companies are vulnerable to people coming in and stealing data and getting user... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Web

Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Reinhart, Reinhart, and Trebesch explore the rich history of booms and busts in capital flow by uncovering data from sources going back to 1815. The pattern uncovered by the authors have strong implications on the vulnerabilities of many... View Details

Blog

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

the possibility of change. My current research examines solutions for cities and regions, including their surrounding vulnerable treasures—for example, an almost-finished case on the efforts of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians to save the... View Details

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

looks like.” Certain triggers can make negotiators vulnerable to acting unethically, he adds: When high-stakes incentives like big dollar amounts are involved, negotiators are more likely to distort the information they provide. If... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Web

Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

Harvard Law School advocates for legal, regulatory, and policy reforms to improve the health of vulnerable populations. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

02 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

Presented with a goal to build a car "under 2,000 pounds and under $2,000" by 1970, employees overlooked safety testing and designed a car where the gas tank was vulnerable to explosion from rear-end collisions. Fifty-three people died as... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

parents with unvaccinated kids under 12 and people engaged in elder care may be rightfully concerned that being indoors at work with colleagues can increase the risks for the vulnerable people they care for. Thus, employers should... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

27 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

hand, letting a colleague into one’s personal world online signals an acceptance of vulnerability that opens up paths to a richer multiplex relationship, which may in turn facilitate collaboration and teamwork,” the authors write. “On the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

2019
Working Paper

Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose

By: Malcolm S. Salter

In this paper, I address how the ascendance of the theory of shareholder value maximization into the central consciousness of public corporations and its canonization as the only legitimate expression of corporate purpose has contributed to both a widening breach... View Details