Risk and Uncertainty - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

fewer risks for fear of making mistakes and thus losing their job? Also of interest to us is whether companies adjust their strategies based on noncompete enforcement. We might expect, for example, that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

individualized strategies are insufficient for managing operational, regulatory, and reputational risks. Collaboration is key to tackling these challenges effectively. Celeste, through watershed project development, is poised to address... View Details

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

denial has become so high. We are living in a less forgiving world than we once did." We asked Tedlow to discuss how denial can cripple a company, and what can be done about it. Martha Lagace: What is the meaning of denial as you... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Tech Investment the Wise Way

market focus is needed to begin the process in order to know what technological attributes to target in the development, and how to resolve the many trade-offs that arise in the course of development, e.g. cost vs. performance, or weight... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

Role of Business. "Our book argues that if we don't begin to address, in a systemic way, the issues and problems and the negative outcomes and challenges [of market... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

15 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 15

government's support on Newbridge's investment and had to back out of the deal with Newbridge. Weijian Shan has to make a choice between two alternatives: 1) Give up pursuing the deal given huge political View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2018
First Look

March 13, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54177 Countering Political Risk in Colonial India: German Multinationals and the Challenge of Internment (1914–1947) By: Lubinski, Christina, Valeria Giacomin,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Dec 2016
News

An Environmental Epiphany

degree to which there was scientific uncertainty around this. And the way in which we needed to address climate change as a major risk factor for businesses, for markets, View Details

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

collection on an American consumer and how credit agencies share the information to determine proper credit risk and worthiness of a consumer. The American system as defined in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

middlemen and defaulted on their loans. The risk of such events may explain, at least partly, why many seemingly more profitable export crops are not adopted. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

making money is the sole objective of the corporation. A: Their arguments should be taken quite seriously. In fact, we suggest that recognizing the significance of concerns on both sides of the debate is central for understanding how to weigh View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

27 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 27

payments in the remaining months. Concerns about later-life income, spending flexibility, and counterparty risk are the most important self-reported motives that influence the annuitization decision.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2008
News

Innovation, Inc.

Of course it does. But it also depends on creative thinking as a skill that involves qualities such as the propensity to take risks and to turn a problem on its head to get a new perspective. That can be... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

that corporate insiders' excess control rights aggravate the potential risks of insider expropriation of outside investors and thereby increase firms' external finance constraints. Cases & Course... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

predicted ratings and rating adjustments. These results, however, weaken when incumbent rating agencies face increased competition from other rating agencies. Together, these findings suggest that credit rating agencies strategically... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 3

Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract The financial meltdown made clear that the executives of many major financial institutions were operating with inadequate or distorted information about the values and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 19

unwilling, to invest directly in Turkey because of political risk and government restrictions. The case ends in 1988 when the founder received a report from the management consultancy Bain calling for the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne