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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
waste.” He’s correct. Now more than ever is the time for innovative managers and entrepreneurs to come up with ideas that lead to opportunities to launch new ventures. There is considerable anecdotal evidence that crises can be catalysts... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
engaging a therapist, even if everything seems OK. Establishing a relationship and providing historical context ahead of any stressors or crises will prepare both you and your therapist if those events arise. Peer support group The... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed human ingenuity combined... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Lessons from Financial Crises in Asia and Latin America." With the response of international lending agencies to the volatile Asian markets a prime topic of the day, the remarks of one high-ranking official, Shigemetsu Sugisaki, deputy... View Details
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
assess situations and connect at-risk individuals with support services as needed,” Mendu says. A third component of the initiative pairs mental health clinicians with outreach workers for the homeless to head off potential crises before... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
chronic problems. “The goal is to help first responders better assess situations and connect at-risk individuals with support services as needed,” Mendu says. A third component of the initiative pairs mental health clinicians with outreach workers for the homeless to... 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
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19
Times of Crises We are all inundated on social media with strong opinions during these unprecedented times, and I was finding it challenging to capture tactical talking points to share with my peers. My prior experience in the VC industry... View Details
- Web
Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners - Recruiting
year, I solidified my interest in this area, especially as I reflected on the significant infrastructure deficits in my home country, Mali. This issue is deeply personal, as Mali is currently facing one of the worst electricity crises... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
coauthor of Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth, to answer alumni questions about what this trend might portend. With property price slides precipitating previous financial crises in Japan and the United States, what... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
Democrats don’t like ‘standards.’ ” Ignore history at your peril: HBS professor Niall Ferguson, an economic historian, declared that a global economy is more likely to create economic crises than a nonglobal one, and that government... View Details
- 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
- Web
Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
water crises by stepping in where governments, with their strained balance sheets, are not.” Omar Abou-Sayed HBS MBA 2004 CEO, Advantek Waste Management Services Prashant Pundrik PLDA 9 Director, Athena Cleantech Pte. Ltd. “I’m committed... View Details
- 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
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
to the short-term ones.” Steinwender points out that their findings only apply to companies in the wake of a financial crisis brought on by a banking crash—and don’t necessarily apply to crises brought on by demand shock or currency... View Details
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715432-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-019 A Currency We Can Call Our Own: Populism, Banking Crises, and Exchange Rate Crises in Argentina, 1946-2002 The case describes Argentina's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
On Pride and Community
Lifestyles” – it wasn’t until 1985 that the club was listed as part of the HBS student community and allowed to freely meet on campus. PRIDE alums have also shared stories of the many members who died of AIDS, highlighting the very real ways View Details
- 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