Vulnerabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2010
News

Alumni Books

and more remarkable than is usually thought. For example, the U.S. Navy staged a mock attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932 that led it to conclude that the entire fleet of ships and planes stationed there was vulnerable to being wiped out. The... View Details

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

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Vinalhaven: The Downtown Project | Information Technology

located approximately 12 miles off the coast, had a year-round population of about 1,200 people, with an additional 1,200 summer residents. Professor Ruback and Matt Preble on location in Vinalhaven. The downtown was located on a part of the island that made it View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note

Executive Education — typically contribute more than half of the total budget. But both units are vulnerable to economic downturns, and demand for HBP products and programs offered by Executive Education were projected to suffer from a... View Details

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

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

29 Nov 2018
Blog Post

The HBS Community - Student Initiatives

front of the entire HBS community. The courage and vulnerability shown by students who present Community MyTakes has, in turn, spurred us to be more open with others in our life. Each MyTake has left us in awe of the strength and... View Details

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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

figure out which assets to harden and defend, which to abandon, and which to prepare to rebuild after events. I’m interested in how we can cost justify and mobilize investments in real property - and address the human vulnerabilities as... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Prognosis

vulnerable patients, during a period of time when having them come into the hospital brings unnecessary risk. I should say that, in addition to my day job as president of Mass General, I also serve on the board of American Well, which is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

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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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Professor at Stanford University, presents Flash Talk, “Identity Theft Rediscovering Ourselves after Stroke”, at the 2019 Gender and Work Symposium. Finsta: A Mental Health Resource for the Modern Age: What happens when authenticity and View Details

Profile

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

07 Aug 2015
Blog Post

Takeaways from the Class of 2015

There’s nothing as vulnerable as entrenched success. You have two eyes, two ears, and one mouth. 4:1 – remember that ratio. Pioneers get the arrows in the back. Settlers get the gold. Where you are going is more important than how fast... View Details

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

engaging in the culture and learning to be vulnerable." Accepting one's vulnerabilities is a primary objective of ALD, which requires participants to work together in six-person groups. "It's more than a knowledge transfer from... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Leading a Family Business (LFB) - Course Catalog

following core questions: What is unique about family businesses compared to other kinds of companies? Are they more vulnerable to failure? What are the main types of family businesses and how does leadership vary across them? What kind... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

true. But this has really made me think more about the role that institutions and public policy play and about how vulnerable the system is unless we really do have checks and balances. In addition to formal controls, that also includes... 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
Blog Post

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

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