Risk and Uncertainty - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2010
News

Faculty Research Online

nature of the investors, the structure of the investments, and the performance of the firms. Their findings suggest that there are risks in combining banking and private equity... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

14 Nov 2024
News

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

standards were met. In 1972, the FCC also limited the franchise fees that municipalities could charge cable operators to three percent of revenue, and fixed the length of franchise agreements at fifteen years, reducing View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

overstretch ARK's organizational capacity and risk failing to maintain the highest quality of delivery? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

“Delivering patient care is one of those situations where timely speaking up can be a matter of life and death, or frequently a matter of high- or low-quality care.” “Psychological safety describes a belief that the work environment is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

Jim, a well-regarded residential developer operating outside Philadelphia, has been scouting around for a site for his next project. Two properties seem promising. The Abbott estate consists of seventy-five acres of woodlands and some... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

01 Oct 2001
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

believes the key to making better strategic choices in turbulent markets lies in understanding the level of uncertainty faced in a given situation. 20/20 Foresight provides a framework for learning to separate what can be known from what... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Finance

01 Dec 2010
News

Faculty Books

critical performance variables are we tracking? What strategic boundaries have we set? How are we generating creative tension? How committed should our employees be to helping each other? And what strategic View Details

Keywords: business proposals; financial regulation

11 Nov 2021
Blog Post

ZONE DEFENSE: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to

Brandon Tseng (MBA 2017) remembers his aha moment. It was April 2015, and Tseng was a US Navy SEAL approaching the end of seven years’ service; his next step would be Harvard Business School. Tseng was reading about a military effort to... View Details

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

made to feel they are risking their careers by pushing back against bad behavior. “What you don’t do is put the onus on the person who is being victimized,” Ammerman says. “You have to assure people that there won’t be backlash if they... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Oct 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go

When does a company founder have to go? In the frenzied, early months of a new venture's launch, few entrepreneurs anticipate a future beyond their role as company leader. In the case study "Founder–CEO Succession at Wily Technology," HBS assistant professor... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Technology

09 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

dollar-shipping revenue stream. And most well known of all, in 2007, when the company—then the largest e-retailer of printed books—introduced the Kindle and a $9.99 e-book, it again View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

infrastructure and ready talent, and an underdeveloped consumer market. Some innovators, however, have succeeded by building franchises to serve poorer consumer segments; tapping the vast opportunity... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2009
News

Setting the Legislative Agenda

shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Profiles from the Class of 2002

sky-high expectations at the turn of the millennium has been replaced by a climate of uncertainty marked by color-coded terrorism alerts, horrific Middle East violence, and the precipitous downfall of a... View Details

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

would face considerable risks if it were to expose its intellectual property to the "wrong" partners. 1366 had no intention of losing control of its technology, but given the pace of innovation and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 2019
What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

ensure that, except during downturns, when new fiscal stimulus is required, new spending and tax cuts do not add to the deficit The risks associated with high debt levels are small relative to the harm... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

contractual, reputational, and legal risks to overcome in making the project a success. Given these risks, Enterprise is unsure whether to rebuild in New Orleans at all and... View Details