by Robin Greenwood - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2003 (Revised July 2006)
Exercise

Travelexis.com Role for Robin Knight from TravelPlanner.com

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Nicole Nasser

Two fictional travel companies, SCOUT and TravelPlanner, engage in competitive bidding to acquire a third party, Travelexis. This exercise consists of three roles, one representative from each of the three companies. It is based on the actual negotiations between... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Bids and Bidding; Acquisition; Travel Industry

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Purchase

17 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

“Oh, they were the ones who said, ‘We’re going to be out by Christmas.’ And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. Then they’d say, ‘We’re going to be out by Easter.’ And Easter would come, and Easter... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

01 Oct 1996
News

An Atypical Case — Robin G. Berglund (MBA 1971)

need to deal with the fact that a management perspective driven primarily by financial concerns may jeopardize patient care. This may become an area of professional interest for me." The brief pause for reflection is over, and View Details

Keywords: Thomas Frick

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

been socialized by family members, educators, and the media to associate leadership with a particular version of masculinity, an image Trump exemplified in his persona as the supremely successful businessman. He reinforced the masculine,... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

by the government, we had to furlough 90% of our team. They still receive benefits but no wages. We plan on bringing them all back as soon as we are allowed to reopen, but for now they have no income from the company. Many in our industry... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

inequality in the workplace. In particular, the book makes clear how organizational roles and structures shape unequal access to opportunities, resources, and advancement. In a wide-ranging conversation, Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

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Professor Robin Ely on Challenging Conventional Wisdom - Blog: RGE Report

Race, Gender and Equity at Work Race, Gender and Equity at Work Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author HBS Staff Topics Topics Board Diversity RGE Blog Filters Read posts from Author HBS Staff Topics Topics Board Diversity RGE Blog 08 Mar 2025... View Details

24 Sep 2020
News

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

21 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?

jumped after the first two stimulus payments hit in April 2020 and January 2021, driven by retail investor buying, says research by Harvard Business School Professor Robin... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

16 Oct 2010
Working Paper Summaries

A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson & Jeremy C. Stein

21 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Missing the Wave in Ship Transport

investors succeed in volatile, cyclical markets as far ranging as real estate, high technology, and truck transport. In Waves in Ship Prices and Investment, a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, Professor Robin View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Transportation

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Trouble Behind Livedoor

panic selling caused an unprecedented early shutdown of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Horie, who denies wrongdoing, was arrested on January 23. What went wrong at Livedoor, and what are we to learn from its undoing? Robin Greenwood, an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Technology

22 Aug 2024
News

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Managing and Innovating in Financial Services David Scharfstein Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Market Perspectives (previously Finance and Capitalism) Robin Greenwood Richard Ruback Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Private Equity... View Details

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Financial Services Finance David Scharfstein Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing the Future of Work Entrepreneurial Management Christopher Stanton Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Market Perspectives (previously Finance and Capitalism) Finance Robin View Details

04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

CEO reported that friends had come down with it. One CEO and father of three reported “[getting] lost in looking after the kids” as his wife “is a frontline worker and was at the hospital every day.” “Kids switching to online school” was another challenge reported... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

deftly: “How to most effectively communicate with all employees remotely and show empathy, while running around with [my] hair on fire trying to save the current business while at the same time trying to shape the future of the company in a 'new normal' environment.”... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Christopher Graham Deal Making in Real Estate Finance Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Robin Greenwood Market Perspectives (previously Finance and Capitalism) Finance Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Ranjay Gulati... View Details