Publications

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

long-standing business leaders from emerging economies across the globe. They offer compelling insights into how entrepreneurs based in these countries survived turbulence and change, and the lessons that can be learned from their... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

23 Mar 2017
News

Cost-cutting Leads to Turbulence in the Airline Industry

01 Jul 2020
News

Become a More Resilient Leader in Turbulent Times

November–December 1987
Article

Commercial Banks: Taking Shape for Turbulent Times

By: D. B. Crane and R. G. Eccles

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

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27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

characterized quite often by turbulent situations. When you are negotiating in a turbulent environment, you feel reassured if the entity you are transacting with is likely to be around tomorrow. Otherwise,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

What five extraordinary leaders during turbulent times can teach today's leaders

Historian Nancy Koehn says great leaders are not born, they're made.

Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian, is the author of a new book called "Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times." It examines the lives, successes... View Details

July 2009
Case

Arcor: Global Strategy and Local Turbulence (Abridged)

Argentine confectionery manufacturer, Arcor Group, seeks to implement an international strategy but in 2003, while recovering from the Argentine financial crisis, globalization plans are thwarted. Already Latin America's leading candy producer and an exporter to over... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Currency; Global Strategy; Expansion; Balance and Stability; Food and Beverage Industry; Latin America; Argentina

18 Oct 2017
News

What five extraordinary leaders during turbulent times can teach today's leaders

December 1995 (Revised February 2006)
Teaching Note

Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan

Teaching Note for (9-196-097). View Details

Article

Speed and Search: Designing Organizations for Turbulence and Complexity

By: Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin

Keywords: Design; Organizations

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04 Oct 2017
News

Harvard’s Nancy Koehn on Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times

March 1996 (Revised August 1996)
Case

Open Market, Inc.: Managing in a Turbulent Environment

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Janis Lee Gogan

Presents the story of Open Market, Inc., one of numerous companies formed in 1994 to engage in electronic commerce over the Internet. This case examines the company's development--its business strategy and organization evolution--as the company increased in size and... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizations; Web Services Industry

Our recent work investigates dealers' trading behavior and pricing strategy in the corporate bond market to shed new light on the role of the network of existing relationships among dealers in shaping the transmission of risk and influencing market liquidity. We show... View Details

October 2020
Case

Holden Forests & Gardens: Leading in Turbulent Times

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Ankita Panda

Article

The Value of Trading Relations in Turbulent Times

By: Marco Di Maggio, Amir Kermani and Zhaogang Song

This paper investigates how dealers’ trading relations shape their trading behavior in the corporate bond market. Dealers charge lower spreads to dealers with whom they have the strongest ties and more so during periods of market turmoil. Systemically important dealers... View Details

Keywords: OTC Markets; Network; Corporate Bonds; Crisis; Intermediation Chains; Leaning Against The Wind; Networks; Bonds; Behavior; Financial Crisis