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- March 10, 2009
- Article
Why CMOs Are Gaining Ground In This Recession
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "Why CMOs Are Gaining Ground In This Recession." Advertising Age (March 10, 2009), 20.
- April 2015
- Teaching Note
Honeywell and the Great Recession (A) & (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg
- 2008
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How Recession Will Accelerate Consumer Downsizing
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How Recession Will Accelerate Consumer Downsizing." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). October 15, 2008. https://hbr.org/2008/10/how-recession-will-accelerate.
- 2009
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How Corporate Responsibility Can Survive the Recession
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How Corporate Responsibility Can Survive the Recession." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). September 22, 2009. https://hbr.org/2009/09/how-corporate-responsibility-c.
- 2008
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How to Market in a Recession
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How to Market in a Recession." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). September 24, 2008. https://hbr.org/2008/09/how-to-market-in-a-recession.
- 1 Jul 2004
- Conference Presentation
The Lessons of Jurassic Park or How to Lead Recess
By: Scott Snook
Keywords: Leadership
- 2009
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How CMOs Should Function in a Recession
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How CMOs Should Function in a Recession." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). February 23, 2009. https://hbr.org/2009/02/how-cmos-should-function-in-a.
- 2009
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How Starbucks' Via Helps its Consumers Fight the Recession
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How Starbucks' Via Helps its Consumers Fight the Recession." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). February 18, 2009. https://hbr.org/2009/02/how-starbucks-via-helps-consum.
- January 2021
- Article
Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
By: Philippe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom, Brian Lucking, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
What is the optimal form of firm organization during “bad times”? We present a model of delegation within the firm to show that the effect is ambiguous. The greater turbulence following macro shocks may benefit decentralized firms because the value of local information... View Details
Keywords: Decentralization; Growth; Turbulence; Great Recession; Organizational Design; System Shocks; Economic Growth; Performance
Aghion, Philippe, Nicholas Bloom, Brian Lucking, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 13, no. 1 (January 2021): 133–169.
- July 28, 2022
- Article
How to Build a Life: How to Be Happy in a Recession
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Be Happy in a Recession." The Atlantic (July 28, 2022).
- 2009
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How Financial Brands Should Market In a Recession
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How Financial Brands Should Market In a Recession." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). April 15, 2009. https://hbr.org/2009/04/how-financial-brands-should-ma.
- May 2016 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
RegionFly: Cutting Costs in the Airline Industry
By: Susanna Gallani and Eva Labro
RegionFly is a small, private airline specializing in ultra-premium services. Founded shortly after the "Golden Age of airline travel," RegionFly's financial performance had been strong for several decades. More recently, however, the results have taken a downward... View Details
Keywords: Recession; Downsizing; Profitability; Cost Management; Profit; Luxury; Competitive Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Divisions; Logistics; Decision Making; Strategic Planning; Air Transportation Industry
Gallani, Susanna, and Eva Labro. "RegionFly: Cutting Costs in the Airline Industry." Harvard Business School Case 116-047, May 2016. (Revised August 2022.)
- 2009
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How to Use Market Research in a Recession
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How to Use Market Research in a Recession." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). May 18, 2009. https://hbr.org/2009/05/how-to-use-market-research-in/.
- 2023
- Working Paper
How Resilient Is Venture-Backed Innovation? Evidence from Four Decades of U.S. Patenting
By: Sabrina T. Howell, Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda and Richard Townsend
Despite theoretical predictions to the contrary, corporate innovation is strongly pro-cyclical. In this paper, we compare innovation in the economy as a whole to that of firms backed by venture capital (VC), a source of capital associated with the most impactful young... View Details
Keywords: Recessions; Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Business Cycles; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
Howell, Sabrina T., Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda, and Richard Townsend. "How Resilient Is Venture-Backed Innovation? Evidence from Four Decades of U.S. Patenting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-115, May 2020. (Revised July 2023.)
- May 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Teaching Note
Lind Equipment
By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Teaching Note for HBS No. 212-012. Lind Equipment, a Canadian manufacturer and distributor of industrial electrical safety equipment, was purchased in December 2007 by Brian Astl (HBS 2006) and Sean Van Doorselaer. Lind’s performance was negatively impacted by the... View Details
- 27 Jun 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Positive and Normative Judgments Implicit in US Tax Policy and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions
Keywords: by Benjamin Lockwood & Matthew Weinzierl
- April 2010
- Class Lecture
Letting No Serious Crisis Go to Waste: Innovation and Entrepreneurship After the Great Recession (FSS)
By: Bhaskar Chakravorti
Chakravorti, Bhaskar. "Letting No Serious Crisis Go to Waste: Innovation and Entrepreneurship After the Great Recession (FSS)." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 810-706, April 2010.
- 2010
- Book
A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy
By: Amar Bhide
Our prosperity requires the enterprise of innumerable individuals and businesses who exercise their imagination and judgment—and bear responsibility for outcomes. And it is through dialogue and relationships that widespread enterprise is fostered, not merely prices in... View Details
Keywords: Recession; Banking; Banks; Finance; Economics; Macroeconomics; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
Bhide, Amar. A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- February 2015
- Article
The Great Recession, Insurance Mandates, and the Use of In Vitro Fertilization Services in the United States
By: Sorapop Kiatpongsan, Robert S. Huckman and Mark D. Hornstein
Objective: To investigate the relationship between economic activities, insurance mandates, and the use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the United States.
Design: We examined the correlation between the coincident index (a proxy for overall economic... View Details
Design: We examined the correlation between the coincident index (a proxy for overall economic... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Recessions; Medical Care; In Vitro Fertilization; Health Industry; United States
Kiatpongsan, Sorapop, Robert S. Huckman, and Mark D. Hornstein. "The Great Recession, Insurance Mandates, and the Use of In Vitro Fertilization Services in the United States." Fertility and Sterility 103, no. 2 (February 2015): 448–454.
- October 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
The 2012 Spanish Labor Reform: Lifting All Boats, or Leveling Down?
By: Vincent Pons, Rafael Di Tella, Santiago Botella and Elena Corsi
Since 1978, Spain had struggled to control unemployment. The country’s labor law was protective of employees hired long-term and companies used temporary contracts as buffers. In 2012, amid economic recession and a 23.6% unemployment rate, a center-right government of... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Labor Market; Unemployment; Recession; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; International Relations; Working Conditions; Employment; Labor Unions; Contracts; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Spain; European Union
Pons, Vincent, Rafael Di Tella, Santiago Botella, and Elena Corsi. "The 2012 Spanish Labor Reform: Lifting All Boats, or Leveling Down?" Harvard Business School Case 722-008, October 2021. (Revised November 2022.)