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- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
P. Kotter. His book A Sense of Urgency makes that conviction clear. Our excerpt describes how leaders might skillfully transform a crisis into an organizational motivator for the better. Key concepts include: Always think of crises as... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Web
Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
the 1920s Research Links Site Credits Crisis Leadership: Waltham Watch Company, 1837–1957 Financial crises place extraordinary demands on business leaders. Surges in bankruptcy rates testify to the hazards involved, but these brief... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
business; last October, he was named chairman and CEO of Marsh Crisis Consulting, a unit of Marsh & McLennan that provides a full range of services to corporate clients to help them avoid, plan for, and manage crises such as natural... View Details
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
seven Cs. Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises As demonstrated after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese businesses have a unique capability for long-term survival. Hirotaka Takeuchi explains their strategy of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
with the oil crises of the 1970s, but unlike the United States, where the government invested hundreds of millions in technology development, the Nordic country saw more organic and long-term growth. Its smaller private firms focused on... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Jeff Cruikshank
and hired my former staff assistant to succeed me. Neither of us fit the job description, exactly, but the Bulletin has nevertheless survived and prospered. There really were no institutional crises during my tenure as Bulletin editor. In... View Details
Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank
- Web
Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report
deeply, and leveraging the mentorship of both experienced board members and the company’s general counsel for guidance and feedback. Leading through crises and transformations During crises or significant... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’
Australia, Singapore, Israel––that have faced water crises and water needs at a more acute level sooner than some areas of America. “There was previously no easy path to market for innovation in the water industry. It was very hard to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Déjà Vu All Over Again
crises shares defining features of a speculative bubble followed by a crash, but they emerged in idiosyncratic ways. I’m not sure you can ever figure out a tried-and-true pattern,” says Caitlin Anderson, the exhibit’s curator and a... View Details
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
research project began in the classroom during my first year as a professor at HBS. In the winter of 2000, my students and I were discussing the financial crises that erupted in Asia during 1997 and 1998. Unlike its neighbors, the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
the degree to which client crises spill into the culture of your business and personal life? —Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA 16, 2017) BEER: We’re like firefighters or ER doctors in the sense that we have to deal with high-pressure situations... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Profile
Matt Oppenheimer
During the winter break, Matt participated in the East Africa trek with about forty HBS colleagues. Their trip to Kenya, just after the controversial elections, had special resonance. "It gave me a new perspective on how crises are... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
emerge from the Argentina case that will in some way ameliorate the risk. Given the lack of conversation about changes to the international financial architecture to manage and resolve debt crises more effectively, let me offer a radical... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 30 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years
businesses. In addition, it must collaborate with other schools at Harvard, and cultivate a faculty and student body that can react to economic crises like the current one. Key concepts include: At this time of crisis, we must consider... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship
Without water, companies cannot operate. Water is not only a key indicator of climate change, but also a major factor behind supply chain disruptions. Poor water access can exacerbate health and political crises through flooding,... View Details
- 15 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners
electricity crises (among others) in its history. On top of that, given the pressing need to address the climate crisis, I sought a summer role with a firm focused on sustainable infrastructure investment. This internship allowed me to... View Details
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