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  • 10 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

approaches. Finally, the paper reviews the potential role of regional cooperation in mitigating conflict. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-086.pdf An Ounce of Prevention: The Power of Public Risk Management in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 1996
  • Case

Del Webb Corporation (A), The

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
Begins with a company history, tracing the tenures of founder Del E. Webb and his successor as chairman and CEO, Robert H. Johnson. Johnson inherited a diversified company that was involved in construction, real estate development (including the famous Sun City), and... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Conflict Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Crisis Management
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  • 30 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

leaders need a new game plan. We asked Harvard Business School professors to provide practical advice for managing large-scale, long-term remote work at a time when many employees are not only distracted by the commotion in their homes,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • March – April 2010
    • Article

    The Need for Ideological Consciousness

    By: George C. Lodge
    Every so often in American history a crisis comes along that requires Americans to inspect cherished assumptions and to act in a way that many find ideologically repulsive. Although our leaders insist that such actions are pragmatic-the only sensible way to deal with... View Details
    Keywords: History; Leadership; Competition; Framework; Consumer Behavior; Business and Community Relations; Government and Politics; Financial Crisis; Planning; United States
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    • 08 Oct 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

    all-hands-on-deck mode. At the same time, the crisis brings the opportunity to interrogate business practices. Managers should continually connect their employees’ efforts to the organization’s higher-level... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
    • January 2009
    • Supplement

    The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B1)

    By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane
    Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Governance; Crisis Management; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Balance and Stability; Valuation; New York (state, US)
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    • March 2005 (Revised May 2009)
    • Case

    Columbia's Final Mission

    By: Michael Roberto, Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Laura Feldman and Erika Ferlins
    On February 1, 2003, the Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, and the seven astronauts onboard lost their lives. Explores Columbia's final mission from the perspective of six key managers and engineers associated with NASA's Space... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Organizational Culture; Aerospace Industry
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      Linda A. Hill

      Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Hill is regarded as one of the top experts on leadership and innovation. Hill is... View Details

      • 29 Jun 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: June 29

      fund manager assesses investment prospects in Mexico City in the context of a major water supply and distribution crisis facing one of the world's largest cities. Can the investment View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 13 Jan 2021
      • Blog Post

      Welcome to the BEI Blog!

      Is business the answer to the climate crisis? Here at the Business & Environment Initiative, we believe that it is the responsibility of business to lead on confronting climate change. In many ways, business has been the engine accelerating us toward the climate... View Details
      • 21 Feb 2023
      • Interview

      How Miami Can Become a Global Climate Solutions Hub

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
      Miami has been described as the epicenter of the climate change crisis in the country. But how can Miami transform its climate vulnerability into solutions? Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter released a study in 2022 that focused on Miami’s climate... View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; ＂Solutions Approach; Network; Future; Change; Economic Growth; Environmental Management; City; Miami
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      • 03 Dec 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

      ways in which organizations met the challenges of 2020. What strategies and actions worked better than others? What can we learn from these? While many companies reduced payor headcount, some pledged at the outset of the crisis to do... View Details
      Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
      • April 5, 2021
      • Article

      Defining a Post-Pandemic Channel Strategy

      By: Frank V. Cespedes
      Companies have experienced a surge of online orders during the pandemic. As the crisis eases, leaders need to decide whether the shift to e-commerce is a permanent “new normal” or a temporary increase. Across sectors, forecasts aimed at answering this question form the... View Details
      Keywords: Health Pandemics; Marketing Channels; Strategy; Resource Allocation; E-commerce
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      • January 2009
      • Supplement

      The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B2)

      By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane
      Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Governance; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; System; Valuation; New York (state, US)
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      • 12 Jul 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: July 12

      Analysis David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Note 111-055 Technical note covering various aspects of accounting for stockholders' equity. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111055-PDF-ENG Wealth Management View Details
      Keywords: Carmen Nobel
      • 26 Jan 2015
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Rise and Fall of Demand for Securitizations

      Keywords: by Sergey Chernenko, Samuel G. Hanson & Adi Sunderam
      • 03 Mar 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: March 3, 2009

      but they must also think about how to manage the entire firm's portfolio. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809072 Necessity and Invention: Monetary Policy Innovation and the Subprime View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • September 2016 (Revised March 2018)
      • Case

      Qalaa Holdings and the Egyptian Refining Company

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Marc Homsy
      This case follows Qalaa Holdings, a successful Egypt-based private equity firm, and gives insight into the types of investments it pursued, its growth over time, and the limited partner base it had at hand. It also allows students to consider and debate whether the... View Details
      Keywords: Africa; Structuring And Financing Large Projects; Private Equity; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Financial Services Industry; Egypt; Africa
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      • Winter 2014
      • Article

      The Art of Strategic Renewal

      By: Andy Binns, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly and Michael L. Tushman
      In recent years, we have seen well-established companies such as Kodak, Blockbuster, Nokia, and BlackBerry pushed to the brink by smart competitors and changes in their industries. In each case, there were opportunities to act before a crisis engulfed the organization.... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
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