Threat - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

by companies to reduce the threat of politically slanted negative press, focusing on FNC and the 2000 presidential election. "Depending on what the media reports on, it can actually create reputational costs for firms" The... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

06 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

patent provides strong protection. For writers, a complete screenplay would better ensure copyright protection because the plot, dialogue, and characters are much better defined. In addition, “the threat of selling the idea to the buyer’s... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking

09 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 9

hypothesize that shareholder actions and regulatory threats are likely to prime firms to adopt practices consistent with the aims of a broader social movement. We find empirical evidence of direct and spillover effects. In the domain of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

protection for property rights and contracts; underperforming education systems; massive internal and international migration motivated by income inequality; potentially adverse actions by large and economically powerful emerging nations; security View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

18 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 18, 2006

ethical awareness and avoiding potential threats to an organization's reputation. The second appendix, "Bridging East and West in Management Ethics," has been revised and updated to discuss certain basic similarities between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

female tokens in "low-prestige workgroups." The findings indicated that tokenism can produce perceptions of threat among token women in power: value threat (the concern that the token woman is not a valued... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Oct 2014
Op-Ed

Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness

disease threat materializes. For example, hospitals are the first line of defense in an outbreak. Yet the number of patients that our hospitals can manage with extreme cases is extraordinarily low. We have only four bio containment units... View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda; Health

29 May 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Introduction to the Future of Market Capitalism

distribution of wealth, environmental challenges, migration of workers, and the threat of protectionism. Governments and international organizations need to devise solutions to this problem. Harvard Business School can play a role in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

leaders remain oblivious to an emerging threat or problem—a lack of attention that can plague even the most skilled executives. After European Commission regulators refused to approve General Electric's $42 billion acquisition of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

06 Dec 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets

entrepreneurs are innovating products to attract the emerging middle class. Such innovations could potentially benefit consumers living in mature markets. How Important Are Relations With The Host Country? HBS Cases: Looking Behind Google's Stand in China Google's... View Details

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

not foresee how nationalisms—which Levitt saw as a threat to globalization—could transform themselves and actually embrace global capitalism, as occurred in the former Soviet Union. But Levitt was dead-on in his view on the malleability... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2003
What Do You Think?

Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?

proposal that "a non-Big Four auditor should be retained to [perform tasks such as] ... due diligence." Until these kinds of things happen, C.J. Cullinane believes that the "deterrent of getting caught is the biggest threat... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Accounting; Financial Services

17 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?

personal levels—needed to achieve the "peace of mind" with which we did business on September 10? How will they and other changes affect business and consumer costs and, at a more basic level, the global economy? And what can we learn from those who have been... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

likely contributed to the great recession by inflating the housing and credit bubbles in 2005-2007. But when it comes to sovereign risk, they are getting it right. Across the world, there are many serious threats to the long-term ability... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Jun 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome

not a serious daily threat for them. But then we’d hear, “I’m not going to be killed, but I could be fired by my board of directors.” Q: Give an example from the course of how you compare and contrast contemporary and ancient texts. Frei:... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

30 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

are willing to face the challenges common to post-liquidity business families that can pose threats to unity of the family and the owners. Enterprising Families Build Value Through Liquidity Transitions The attitudes of enterprising... View Details

Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

economic systems in ways that could well present unknowable threats to many of us. The threats are not certain. The victims are not known. But a fire is burning, and the smoke is swirling. The EIA/IEA... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

12 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

new product, a firm may decide to preannounce untruthfully in order to deter competitors. We examine an incumbent's preannouncement strategy when there is uncertainty regarding the commercial viability of a new product opportunity and a View Details