Shocks - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2024
Case

Flashfood: The Magic of Commitment

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti

Josh Domingues had accomplished what countless young entrepreneurs long to achieve: founding a promising company that aspires to make the world a tangibly better place. Shocked to learn that international food waste cumulatively amounted to the world’s third largest... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneur; Founder; Startup; Business Model; Business Startups; Food; Applications and Software; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability; Canada

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18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

model, which assume firms change prices at fixed intervals or with a constant probability. However, these frameworks are unable to keep up with the rapid increase in pricing decisions triggered by large shocks like the pandemic, says... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

insurance, and what does their demand imply for the future of insurance markets? We provide the first estimates of household willingness to pay for homeowners insurance and the drivers of household insurance demand elasticities by exploiting quasi-exogenous regulatory... View Details

18 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

While gains were focused at the executive and investor levels, these cuts fostered a transactional relationship between businesses and their workers. So, it should be a shock to no one that in recent years, the power dynamic has switched... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Standards (4) State Ownership (1) Status and Position (9) Stock Options (2) Stocks (11) Strategic Planning (17) Strategy (432) Success (15) Supply Chain Management (19) Supply Chain (61) Supply and Industry (19) System Shocks (4) System... View Details

27 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

your circle of competence, then operate inside that perimeter,” Huang advises. 2. Own your constraints and encourage others to see past them In Huang’s freshman year of college, she was shocked to fail a writing assignment. When she asked... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Mar 2023
In Practice

What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

the confidence is eroded—banks tend to face revolving credit runs and market funding runs. The deposits run in the US might feel like a thing of the past, but the history of the 2008 crisis saw many such examples. Regulation and supervision help moderate the depth of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

11 Apr 2016
HBS Seminar

Pian Shu, Harvard Business School

27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

identity. There are numerous historical and current examples of companies forced to face the external shocks of disruptive innovators or shifts in consumer demand. Raffaelli mentions that many Swiss mechanical watch companies had to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

9 May 2011 - 11 May 2011
Conference Presentation

How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure

By: Anil Doshi, Michael Toffel and Glen W. S. Dowell

When new institutional pressures arise, which organizations are particularly likely to resist or acquiesce? When subjected to new information disclosure mandates, an increasingly popular form of market-based government regulation, which types of organizations are... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Environmental Regulation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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26 May 2022
HBS Case

Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

and telecom corporations. The shocking revelations caused many consumers, businesses, and governments to take their business away from US tech companies; A New America analysis estimated the loss to US cloud computing over the Snowden... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

07 Jul 2021
Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

employees as well as customers and the general public. “It’s shocking the number of companies that don’t apologize,” Gupta says. “They think it’s an admission of guilt.” Losing trust The list of companies struggling with trust issues is... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

16 Jun 2021
HBS Case

Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm

unexpected economic blow, Gilson says. “There’s something that’s very distinctive about the economic shock we’ve just gone through,” he says. “It’s remarkable how much cash public companies have been able to raise in the capital markets... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Travel

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

honest conversation is very emotionally powerful. Leaders are often shocked to learn how far off-base things have become, but are also energized because they learn that if they are willing to act, most employees will give their all to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

05 May 2020
Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “There is a demand shock from consumers buying less, and a supply chain disruption in addition to the tariffs, which only makes things worse.” Cavallo presents the findings... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

asset beta. See Malcolm’s other research here and Jeffrey’s other research here . More Info The Pass-through of Uncertainty Shocks to Households By: Marco Di Maggio , Amir Kermani , Rodney Ramcharan , Vincent Yao & Edison Yu AUG 2020 What... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

environmental issues as they relate to business. Here are the offerings for 2024-2025. Your Second Year Core Business & Environment Courses Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks (Fall 2024) John Macomber This course prepares students to... View Details

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Article, Harvard Business Review, March–April 2024. Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment , Article, Economic Journal, January 2024. With Achyuta Adhvaryu, Theresa Molina, and Anant Nyshadham. Reskilling... View Details

03 Jan 2023
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Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

culture. “This is about leadership development and crafting innovative cultures,” says Opie. “So many companies are locked. They have these arthritic approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and then they're shocked when they don't... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

29 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

will hopefully serve as a foundation for my future career in public service – one as both a thoughtful clinician and leader in public health policy and strategy. What are your goals for this summer? Growing up outside New York City, I was View Details

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