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  • 2010
  • Chapter

Understanding and Coping with the Increasing Risk of System-Level Accidents

By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
The world has seen a number of recent events in which major systems came to a standstill, not from one cause alone but from the interaction of a combination of causes. System-level accidents occur when anomalies or errors in different parts of an interconnected system... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Globalization; Risk Management; Boundaries; System Shocks
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  • October 2023
  • Article

Stock Market Stimulus

By: Robin Greenwood, Toomas Laarits and Jeffrey Wurgler
We study the stock market effects of the arrival of the three rounds of “stimulus checks” to U.S. taxpayers and the single round of direct payments to Hong Kong citizens. The first two rounds of U.S. checks appear to have increased retail buying and share prices of... View Details
Keywords: Stock Market; COVID-19 Pandemic; Fiscal Stimulus; Stimulus Payments; Impact; Stocks; System Shocks; Price; Spending; United States; Hong Kong
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  • November 1997
  • Case

Odwalla, Inc.

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
Odwalla suffered one of the worst food safety crises in history and not only survived but continued to grow. Now they need to decide how the crisis affected their business and how to expand their business. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Crisis Management; Safety; Expansion; System Shocks; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • September 2004 (Revised December 2005)
  • Case

Chardonnay Shortage at Mondavi Winery, The

Mondavi Winery is facing a shortage of its Chardonnay wine. This shortage will disrupt its positioning in wine outlets and impact earnings. Allows students to discuss how to communicate such temporary--but financially important--shocks to the capital markets and... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Earnings; Production; System Shocks; Capital Markets; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

An Executive Order Worth $100 Billion: The Impact of an Immigration Ban's Announcement on Fortune 500 Firms' Valuation

By: Dany Bahar, Prithwiraj Choudhury and Britta Glennon
On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) that suspended new work visas, barring nearly 200,000 foreign workers and their dependents from entering the United States and preventing American companies from hiring skilled immigrants using H-1B or L1... View Details
Keywords: Visa; Foreign Workers; Fortune 500; Immigration; Policy; System Shocks; Business Ventures; Valuation
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  • January 2009 (Revised March 2012)
  • Case

Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm?

By: Diego A. Comin
On September 16, 2008, President Rodriguez Zapatero recognized the severity of Spain's macroeconomic situation and clearly pointed to the culprit in front of the Spanish Congress: "Let nobody doubt it; there is already a wide consensus about the origin of the crisis:... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Economy; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; System Shocks; Spain
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  • 21 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49386   Working Papers Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and William Kerr Abstract—The propagation of macroeconomic shocks... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 1995 (Revised February 1996)
  • Case

Monsanto Company: The Coming of Age of Bio-Technology

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Thomas N. Urban Jr
Monsanto has one product, Roundup, accounting for 30% of company net income and is going off patent. How should the company position itself and its products in the future? View Details
Keywords: Patents; Product Positioning; Strategic Planning; System Shocks; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Helping smallholder farmers feed the world

training to impoverished communities worldwide, to create healthy local economies. “More than three million children under age five die each year from preventable, hunger-related causes,” he explains. “That shocks me. I have to make my... View Details
  • 09 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

consider the real effects of bank lending shocks and how they permeate the economy through buyer-supplier linkages. We combine administrative data on all firms in Spain with a matched bank-firm-loan dataset incorporating information on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54301 On the Direct and Indirect Real Effects of Credit Supply Shocks By: Alfaro, Laura, Manuel García-Santana, and Enrique Moral-Benito Abstract—We consider the real effects of bank lending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2020
  • News

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

manage a food distribution company and an agricultural investment fund. “Many global experts have underscored that this pandemic is a 12-18 month battle and that we can expect future pandemics and shocks related to climate change and... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
  • Fall 2020
  • Article

Sizing Up Corporate Restructuring in the COVID Crisis

By: Robin Greenwood, Benjamin Iverson and David Thesmar
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial and legal system will need to deal with a surge of financial distress in the business sector. Some firms will be able to survive, while others will face bankruptcy and thus need to be liquidated or reorganized. Many... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Economy; System Shocks; Financial Crisis; Restructuring
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  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

theoretical and empirical investigation of the risks of globally diversified portfolios of stocks and bonds and of optimal intertemporal global portfolio choice for long horizon investors in the presence of permanent cash flow shocks and... View Details
  • 06 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

across the business environment. The subject is also a hot political potato, from Republican President Donald Trump's dramatic trade approach to proposals from Democrats on automation, robots, and job loss. A new study looks at worker migrations caused by two powerful... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing
  • 20 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 20, 2015

forthcoming NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2015 Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and Kerr, William R. Abstract—The propagation of macroeconomic shocks through input-output and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Missing the Wave in Ship Transport

shipping industry, constructing patterns of return for investors. “We were shocked at how predictable the returns are in this industry.” The research results—that heavy investment in a boom depresses future earnings—were unexpected, says... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Transportation
  • Web

Africa - Global Activities 2021

Africa Africa Developing the Skills to Drive Change in Africa Pictured: When disease outbreaks and other macro shocks occur, many African nations run the risk of falling deeper into poverty. As countries across the globe grapple with the... View Details
  • April 2003
  • Teaching Note

Energis (A) (TN)

By: John R. Wells
Teaching Note for (9-703-505). View Details
Keywords: History; Demand and Consumers; Strategy; Distribution; System Shocks; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Telecommunications Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 13 Mar 2011
  • News

Sympathy and Concern for HBS Alumni in Japan

Dear HBS Alumni, The tragic situation resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has shocked and saddened the world. On behalf of the Harvard Business School, we extend our deepest sympathy and concern for our alumni and their... View Details