Vulnerabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Disaster Master

the business world, succession planning.” Yet the impact and frequency of disasters has increased, Beer notes, making it even more important for businesses to integrate disaster preparedness into daily operations: “The vulnerability of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Julia Siegel

shared our hopes, our dreams, and our fears for our future selves, it was amazing to see our section mates be so vulnerable with people who were otherwise strangers just two months before. I couldn't help but be impressed by the ambitions... View Details

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Tips for Working Remotely | Information Technology

device. Attackers are beginning to leverage vulnerabilities in social media apps (WhatsApp, Twitter) to access your entire phone. Secure devices with passcodes or passwords and enable encryption on all your devices. Make sure you've... View Details

06 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details

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Jennifer DeWhitt

about it." Kickstarter provided the funding, and now the book, Jervis the Best, is available at Amazon. "It was a very vulnerable thing for me," Jennifer acknowledges. "Here, my peers were aspiring CFOs, and I'm there... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Building Your Own Dream Team

his firm’s earnings tripled in the first year he followed the program. Building a lifeline relationship with someone begins with generosity, continues to vulnerability and then candor, and closes with accountability. A step-by-step guide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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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

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Casey Gerald

Brothers in the summers of 2007 and 2008, he got an inside view of the firm’s dramatic collapse. “It’s the story of my generation,” Casey says. “No one thought an institution like that would come tumbling down. But we all saw how fragile and View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Generation Next

But they're also highly vulnerable systems. This program helps leaders of such companies understand the special dynamics inherent in family business so that their firms can become even more high-performing." The program, which will be... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?

the company vulnerable to expropriation. So Kennecott undertook to strengthen its bargaining position and enlarge its negotiating parameters by repositioning itself vis-à-vis the larger Chilean society. The company gained leverage by... View Details

Keywords: Anita M. Harris

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

years and has proven very useful. However, the few studies looking at software architecture and vulnerabilities are limited in scope and findings. We explore the relationship between software vulnerabilities... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

02 Mar 2020
What Do You Think?

Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?

whether it is favorable to Progressive or not. It must be working to the Company’s advantage in marketing products that require a certain amount of trust on the part of customers. Vulnerability is good Several recent books relying heavily... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Catching the Entrepreneurship Bug at HBS

you, you need to be vulnerable with them as well, and there aren’t a lot of ways to be more vulnerable than putting your glitter-covered doodles on the world wide web for sale. So, I got a Shopify account,... View Details

20 Feb 2025
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IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

challenge of integrating these systems in areas vulnerable to flooding.Barriers to Adaptation and Mitigation Mumbai faces several systemic challenges in its water and waste management systems: Infrastructure Gaps: Aging pipelines and... View Details

21 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Coming Out and Finding Acceptance at HBS

members of our section could sign up for 30-minute slots to tell us about themselves. Bravely, she kicked off the sessions by talking about her own experience with weight loss. Another section mate used the forum to talk about how her father had passed away when she... View Details

11 May 2020
News

Better Than Cash

Alliance, a public-private partnership based at the United Nations. Today, 100 million unbanked adults worldwide receive government transfers, wages, or pensions in cash, a payment method that is highly vulnerable to fraud and theft.... View Details

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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

22 Feb 2022
News

Addressing The Financial Security Gap

initiative helps organizations create short-term financial stability for vulnerable workers and communities. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES Ackerley cites a Pew... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Feb 1999
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New Releases

industry leaders, Competing on Internet Time details the strategies, policies, and products that contributed to Netscape's breathtaking growth and success. The book further reveals, through candid quotations and thoughtful analysis, the missteps and misconceptions that... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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