Publications

April 2014 (Revised August 2014)
Case

Planetary Resources, Inc. (A)

By: Anette Mikes and Amram Migdal

Educators

October 2009
Article

Managing Risk in the New World

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Anette Mikes, Robert Simons, Peter Tufano and Michael Hofmann Jr.

Five experts gathered recently to discuss the future of enterprise risk management: Kaplan, the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School, who with his colleague David Norton developed the balanced scorecard; Mikes, an assistant professor at HBS who studies... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Crisis; Capital Structure; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Risk Management

01 Jun 2008
News

Let’s Celebrate! HBS is 100 Years Young

experience. Not surprisingly, the case method was a prominent feature of this special day, intended not only to celebrate the School’s achievements but also to reflect upon the challenges that lie ahead. A special case, “HBS in 2008,” written View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 15

an entrant needs to strategically choose whether to reveal its innovation by competing through the new business model or conceal it by adopting a traditional business model. We also show that the value of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2014 (Revised June 2017)
Teaching Note

The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission (Case and Multimedia)

By: Anette Mikes and Amram Migdal

Teaching note for 114-708 View Details

Keywords: Span Of Support; JDOT; Job Design; Levers Of Control

23 May 2019
News

Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966

the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees 1997 Publishes Bloomberg by Bloomberg 2001 Elected Mayor of New York City 2012 Launches Bloomberg Philanthropies 2014 Returns to Bloomberg LP as CEO 2017 Coauthors Climate of Hope Founder,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

June 2014
Case

The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission (Multimedia)

By: Anette Mikes and Tom Ryder

During a military exercise in August 2000, a state-of-the-art Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea, triggering global media attention and an international rescue effort.
In addition to Russia's Northern Fleet, two other organizations got... View Details

Educators

December 2013 (Revised March 2014)
Supplement

The LEGO Group: Envisioning Risks in Asia (B)

By: Anette Mikes and Amram Migdal

This brief follow-up complements the case on The LEGO Group: Stepping Up in Asia (9-113-054), and discusses the aftermath of the scenario planning session, in which LEGO managers contemplated the risks of their new Asian strategy. The scenario planning exercise played... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Global Strategy; Planning; Retail Industry; Asia

01 Jun 2020
News

Check In

Mike Depatie (MBA 1983) Mike Depatie (MBA 1983) With well over 35 years in hospitality, Mike Depatie (MBA 1983) has seen every side of the business, from front-desk minutiae to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; hotels; COVID-19; real estate; Accommodation; Hospitality

July – August 2011
Article

Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk: Part I of a Two-Part Series

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes

Keywords: Management; Risk and Uncertainty

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

mitigate these frictions. Read the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-116.pdf Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future? Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Annissa Alusi, Amy C. Edmondson, and Tiona Zuzul Publication:Chap. 18 in Infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2017
News

HBS Celebrates Launch of New Legacy Society

Cindy Whitehead (center), the widow of the late John Whitehead, with event hosts Beth (MBA 1984) and Mike (MBA 1982) Fascitelli. (photo by Dana Maxson) Cindy Whitehead (center), the widow of the late John... View Details

23 May 2019
News

Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 2011 Launches MGM Consulting 2012 Appointed Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton 17th Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen believes in the power of leadership. He thinks that the best... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

managers still need to seek other drivers of creativity. I Want My Functional Experts To Influence High-level Strategy Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer New research by HBS professor Anette View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

01 Jun 2012
News

At Ease

Retired Admiral Mike Mullen (AMP 109, 1991), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, returned to campus in February for a daylong round of activities, including an afternoon visit with veterans from the HBS student Armed Forces... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

September – October 2011
Article

Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk-Part II: The Office of Risk Management

By: Anette Mikes and Robert S. Kaplan

In the second article of our two-part series, we explore the concept of an Office of Risk Management along with a case study of an innovative risk management function at JP Morgan Private Bank. We also look at the "softer" components of risk management, including a... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Innovation and Invention; Management Style; Managerial Roles; Risk Management

July – August 2011
Article

Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk: Part I

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes

Based on an extensive program of case-writing and teaching on risk management, we identify three categories of risk and elaborate on the ways companies can identify and mitigate them, with particular emphasis on strategy execution risks. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy