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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
the business world, succession planning.” Yet the impact and frequency of disasters has increased, Beer notes, making it even more important for businesses to integrate disaster preparedness into daily operations: “The vulnerability of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 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
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more complicated than simply evaluating... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 27 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction
project has gathered compelling interviews with business leaders in some of the world’s most climate vulnerable countries such as Nigeria, which contends with the desertification of forests, life-threatening flooding, and coastal erosion.... View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
industry. The plan’s design was guided by several key outcomes: saving jobs; protecting businesses with liquidity and fiscal incentives; building tech infrastructure to support work-from-home initiatives; providing basic food and information to the most View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 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
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
common cause does not mean that the production line is secure. In fact, the nesting dolls model may be the best way to go wrong while seemingly doing the right thing. Rosabeth M. Kanter The frail, forlorn face of Rupert Murdoch in the news exposes the View Details
- Profile
Casey Gerald
Brothers in the summers of 2007 and 2008, he got an inside view of the firm’s dramatic collapse. “It’s the story of my generation,” Casey says. “No one thought an institution like that would come tumbling down. But we all saw how fragile and View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Generation Next
But they're also highly vulnerable systems. This program helps leaders of such companies understand the special dynamics inherent in family business so that their firms can become even more high-performing." The program, which will be... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?
the company vulnerable to expropriation. So Kennecott undertook to strengthen its bargaining position and enlarge its negotiating parameters by repositioning itself vis-à-vis the larger Chilean society. The company gained leverage by... View Details
Keywords: Anita M. Harris
- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
provides, it forces senior executives to become more familiar with how younger, even entry-level, people think, how they work, and how and what they are consuming. To make it work, senior executives have to make themselves vulnerable to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
pay to make sure my employees are covered.’” “You at least know that you aren't the only one who is putting premiums above rent,” Dafny says. But “that's sustainable for only so long. It really shows you how vulnerable this situation is.”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
for vulnerabilities in much the same way an attacker would. If those tests reveal chinks in an enterprise’s digital armor—obsolete servers, outdated software, lax protocols—then At-Bay’s security experts help to address the problems.... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen 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. Furthermore, 1.7 billion adults lack a bank... View Details
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Julia Siegel
shared our hopes, our dreams, and our fears for our future selves, it was amazing to see our section mates be so vulnerable with people who were otherwise strangers just two months before. I couldn't help but be impressed by the ambitions... View Details
- Web
Tips for Working Remotely | Information Technology
device. Attackers are beginning to leverage vulnerabilities in social media apps (WhatsApp, Twitter) to access your entire phone. Secure devices with passcodes or passwords and enable encryption on all your devices. Make sure you've... View Details
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2.1.4 Classroom Non-Attribution | MBA
attribution in online channels or platforms, students may be reluctant to approach any question, particularly controversial ones, with the openness and vulnerability they need to grow and to learn from one another. Moreover, it may be... View Details
- 10 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
A New Case at Harvard Business School Highlights the Real-World Issues for Latinx Considering an MBA
elite educational institutions add to the complexity of Latinx underrepresentation. The inherent vulnerability of those issues makes them difficult to broach in standard admissions events, says Calderon. “We often get the questions about... View Details
- 03 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
9 Lessons from the Class of 2019
It is the students who ultimately end up teaching all of us. Here are the nine lessons we learned from the Class of 2019. 9. A Lesson in Vulnerability and Giving Triston Francis and Sana Mohammed spoke eloquently about their experience as... View Details