Survival - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

providing recommendations for advisors and identifying areas ripe for future research to illuminate the advisor side of the advice-exchange process. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54760 forthcoming Journal of Economic Geography... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

bone. The American automobile industry may not survive as we have known this bellwether star in the industrial firmament. This industry is a prime example of the dangers of the repetition compulsion. I am in a pessimistic frame of mind,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two

women. Without the ability to create a company that transcends the talents of its founder, even initially successful entrepreneurial enterprises are not likely to endure. Lessons For Business Leaders Today There are clear lessons for entrepreneurs in this. If you want... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Aug 2024
Book

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

become a hub for participants in its ecosystem nor is it essential to the survival of the participants in its ecosystem. While it may seem disadvantageous for non-hub players to depend on other participants for various needs and not to... View Details

Keywords: by Feng Zhu; Technology; Information Technology

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

history of green-industry pioneers, a captivating collection of heads-down individualists—often "quirky eccentrics," as Jones characterizes some of them--working not to make a buck, but to make a difference in improving the environment, or in the case of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

big-brand retailer seems to have survived and even thrived in the apocalyptic retail landscape. What's its secret? Research Papers Executive Education in the Digital Vortex: The Disruption of the Supply LandscapeThe impact of customer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

system to provide good matches so patients survive longer, but with fairness. By contrast, rather than designing a policy and then looking at what the outcomes are, Trichakis and his coauthors allow policymakers to start with desired... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

retrenchment; think growth. Key concepts include: Companies that survive the financial crisis by identifying and exploiting innovation will serve as economic growth engines in the future—and will be the industry leaders of tomorrow. This... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 24

institution was able to successfully restructure and emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, challenging conventional views that a financial firm could not survive bankruptcy proceedings as a going concern. A diverse group of private investors... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Patient–Physician Gender Concordance and Increased Mortality Among Female Heart Attack Patients By: Greenwood, Brad, Seth Carnahan, and Laura Huang Abstract—We examine patient gender... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

of Your Organization Author:Ranjay Gulati Publication:Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming Abstract In an era of raging commoditization and eroding profit margins, survival depends on resilience: staying one step ahead of your... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

should apply and try to get these loans, because our evidence shows that the firm is more likely to survive and more likely to be able to keep its workers,” Vallée says, calling the implications for firms “perfectly unambiguous.” For... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

17 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

seven Cs. Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises As demonstrated after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese businesses have a unique capability for long-term survival. Hirotaka Takeuchi explains their strategy of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

controlling the stadium. "If we didn't have that lease," he said, "there's a high probability that the team would have gone to St. Louis." As Kraft understood, credibility is essential to survival in hardball... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

requires much careful thinking and management initiative. Q: Do you see the current trend of intense customer focus continuing? Shapiro: We believe that an increasing focus on customers is absolutely critical for companies to survive and... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

20 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

and researcher Giulio Buciuni, of the University of Venice Ca' Foscari, address the question of when clusters survive and when they fail in their May 2015 working paper, Can Marshall's Clusters Survive... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

retailers. To survive in this environment, cost cutting—including the renegotiation of rental contracts—is of paramount importance, especially in the short term. But the real imperatives are: Finding ways to build advantage on attributes... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

investing in agency securities, launched its IPO just before the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. The IPO failed. In June 2009, an IPO window seemed to be opening. Should the company try again? CEO Kevin Grant knew that his company's View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008

its effects on employee outcomes such as employment, earnings, and health and safety. We analyzed a matched sample of nearly 1,000 companies in California. ISO 9001 adopters subsequently had far lower organizational death rates than a matched control group of... View Details