Vulnerabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

inclusion. I believe in the power of innovative and human-centered technology that can alleviate poverty by providing vulnerable populations with access to financial services including insurance, savings, or lending that can be life... View Details

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

role, that often frustrates entry into their work role, leaving them more vulnerable to the strain of commuting, less satisfied with their jobs, and more likely to quit. In one survey of employees at a UK media firm, the research team... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Electricity - Business & Environment

especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: hurricanes, wildfires, and sea level rise pose immense risks for the reliable delivery of electricity. As one example, restoring electric power in Puerto Rico following Hurricane... View Details

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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

vulnerable areas more resilient and decide when to rebuild, restrict development, or retreat Economic development and innovative technologies have contributed to climate change—and are also essential to address it. Government policies can... View Details

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

space to talk with each other, offer support, and listen. “Now, more than ever, teams need empathy and to feel like you are all suffering together,” Austin says. “Everyone is dealing with a crisis that is very real. Managers should show their View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

we build, more than hazards. Yet vulnerable development remains legal, profitable, and most consumers don’t know the difference. Many policies indirectly encourage it. Look how the National Flood Insurance Program spurred floodplain... View Details

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

any tender or vulnerable emotions (“no sissy stuff”). “Put work first”: a workplace where nothing outside the organization (e.g., family) can interfere with work, where taking a break or a leave represents an impermissible lack of... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

interactivity, inclusion, and intentionality—that reinforce one another. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/TcA9lLca7jmZUe3XF3nP][/div] Intimacy Leaders must be honest and vulnerable with their teams, presenting themselves as fully human... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

consequences of this move. The rise of a more authoritarian regime in China and a competition narrative began a rethinking of this model. This was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which shined a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of... View Details

Research Summary

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details

05 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Niall Ferguson and the Certainty of Uncertainty

Quelch, professor Niall Ferguson offered a historian's view on globalization and the current financial crisis. Neither globalization nor financial crises are new. What may be new is that today's highly efficient global financial system is so optimized that it appears... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Quelch

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 17 Nov 2015
Webinars: Career

Is Entrepreneurship Right For You?

Are you considering pursuing an entrepreneurial career? Professor Tim Butler will share his latest research on the markers that differentiate entrepreneurs from non-entrepreneurs. Using the CareerLeader assessment tool, Professor Butler will demonstrate how your... View Details

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IT Strategy: Protecting HBS Information and Data Assets | Information Technology

Within the realm of technology protection—including assets, devices, information, and data—HBS IT aims to emphasize a security-first mindset to proactively identify, assess, and remediate vulnerabilities to minimize risk to the School. As... View Details

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Shimon Attie Night Watch (Victor with Freedom Tower), Hudson River 2018 | About

Watch displayed silent close-up video portraits of twelve new New Yorkers whose lives have been saved by recently being granted political asylum in the US. Most of the individuals are from the international LGBTQI communities or were unaccompanied minors when they... View Details

29 Sep 2020
Blog Post

New Life for Old Tech: Startup Provides Network Security Solutions for Obsolete Devices

option, so how can hospitals eliminate the vulnerabilities that come from security-obsolete devices? Perigee is helping companies answer that question. The startup, founded by Mollie Breen, works with companies to build a 360-degree... View Details

Portrait Project

Samantha Gray

expose in writing my vulnerable and invincible selves at war with each other. I aspire to catalyze change at the intersection of science and life. I resolve to indulge the eonophile and the cheese fiend who have taken residence in my... View Details

Mar 2012
Article

How to Make Finance Work

and generated new ones. The rest of the economy, however, has not been well served by the financial sector's boom. First, the shift from deposit-based banking to a market-based "shadow banking" system, without adequate regulatory adjustments, has left the... View Details

Portrait Project

Jordan Bazinsky

I will do my part to help the most vulnerable have at least a "crib of one's own." Standing on the front porch of my small wooden home, built to withstand the ocean breeze, one hand will be on my crib. The other will be... View Details

Portrait Project

Ariana Fahrney

life. I choose vulnerability and depth mixed with adventure. I want to ask people, "What is your story?" then listen deeply to their answer. I want us to laugh, snort, and wheeze – together. View Details

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Laura Mediorreal

to campus, and one thing you’ll be leaving with? I brought an eagerness to share my personal background and vulnerability with highly ambitious people who were strangers. I’ll be leaving with an understanding of how the world operates,... View Details

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