Risk and Uncertainty - Publications - Faculty & Research

July 2012
Supplement

Show Me the Money (B)

A business unit leader faces a major decision when an employee critical to a high-profile transaction asks for a unique compensation arrangement that has implications for the culture of the business. View Details

Keywords: Culture; Compensation; Risk Management; Leadership; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Compensation and Benefits

Citation

Purchase

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

assembled an experienced staff during a highly volatile period for such start-ups itself seemed a milestone, and a symbol of the enterprises that might be imagined and attempted in an American economy with... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

08 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

be useful for managing change after the Kyoto period is a challenge both for Kyoto ratifiers and for countries like the United States that have not ratified the agreement. Summarizes the science and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

invest in the original company could decide whether or not to stick with it. “Space is one of these industries where typical venture capital models struggle with the deep levels of uncertainty and the longer... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

01 Mar 2010
News

Rx for Too Big to Fail

Denial won’t work. It failed us in the past (remember all those lawmakers’ promises through the boom years that Fannie and Freddie enjoyed no federal guarantee); and it will inevitably fail us again. The... View Details

Keywords: David Moss; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

the extra costs (not directly borne by the global producer) and risks of cross-border operation continue to be very significant. As a result, the net price premia, adjusted for risk, available to producers... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

stage can continue to deliver the resources, capabilities, and platforms needed to fuel the emerging opportunities of the future. This business lifecycle view of innovation requires new leadership and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2023
News

The Exchange: Micro Management

Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

effectively allocated resources in the economy. I still think that our approach is a good one, but maybe not as good as we thought. Hopefully, we'll better understand the conflicts of interest, improve the system, and have more awareness... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2021
What Do You Think?

How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

tech world." Much of the time, Hiro’s not here at all. He lives in “a computer-generated universe that his computer is drawing on his goggles and pumping into his earphones. In the lingo, this imaginary place is known as the Metaverse.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 18

spread to other European markets. Within a few months Ireland and Portugal had also lost access to the sovereign debt markets and had to rely on supranational loans for their financing. The View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Paul Lenehan

In high school, Paul Lenehan was impressed by the way economics "explained events behind the news. It gave me a lens for understanding how the world works." An attraction to business plans led to an interest in consulting. Between his junior View Details

Web

Lupoli Companies: Riverwalk – Making an Impact | Information Technology

opportunities for all and the hope the Riverwalk project infused in the city are so clear. And the roles of business, profits, and risks were... View Details

01 Sep 2024
News

3-Minute Briefing: Kruti Patel Goyal (MBA 2004)

My parents were in the hospitality business. They owned a motel, so we grew up working at the business as well as living at the business. I remember vividly some moments of really intense stress. And it was because my parents took a lot... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Wyman

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

duties independently, without the direct supervision of a physician. And physicians, themselves, were increasingly able to provide care across state lines. Together, these changes helped maintain access to care while reducing the View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

21 May 2019
News

Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest

world on which they ultimately depend,” said HBS professor Forest Reinhardt (MBA 1987), who moderated a panel focused on the impact of climate change as part of two panels at the event titled “Confronting Climate Change: Opportunities and... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

03 May 2010
News

Mastering the VC Game

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

03 May 2023
News

Managing Through Crisis

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

good judgment—good from whose perspective?" Few questioned that good judgment can be acquired, possibly at some risk and cost of mistakes. This still leaves us with the question of whether it can be... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett