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- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
lessons learned, really, there are a few things. First, it's OK to show vulnerability at times. It's OK to show people that you don't know everything. But at some point, you have to make a decision and you have to show that you have the... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
items in your category—think drywall for example." For retailers looking for immediate advice, the book details three courses of action to help them. As the threats are not identical across all retail segments, step one is to assess their own strengths and View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
and Stephanie van SiceHarvard Business School Case 611-002 Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
Developing infrastructure to identify and perform 3-way as well as 2-way exchanges will have a substantial effect on the number of transplants, and will help the most vulnerable patients. Larger than 3-way exchanges have much smaller... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
2017 Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Democracy: A Case Study By: Moss, David Abstract—Democracy: A Case Study invites readers to experience American history anew and come away with a deeper understanding of the greatest strengths and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
lending. In particular, we show that banks cut their lending less if they had better access to deposit financing, and thus they were not as reliant on short-term debt. We also show that banks that were more vulnerable to credit line... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
different books resonate in different seasons. Recently, I’ve enjoyed Brené Brown’s work, especially Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. I appreciate her data-based advocacy... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
experiment to measure the value of shareholder proxy access. We find that firms that would have been most vulnerable to proxy access, as measured by institutional ownership and activist institutional ownership in particular, lost value on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
children who are victims of abuse, disability, illness, and poverty. As one of the 50 largest fundraising charities in the United Kingdom, the organization's trustees wrestle with how to meet the needs of this vast and most vulnerable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
employees in Sweden were. Russ Fradin, of Hewitt Associates, said that early in his tenure he spent three-quarters of his time going around. I think he met with 72 clients in the first 100 days, just hearing what they had to say. Making yourself View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Next Cyber Threat? by Ray Rothrock (MBA 1988) Amacom Rothrock lays bare tactics used by hackers, vulnerabilities lurking in networks, and strategies not just for surviving attacks but also for thriving even while under assault. This book... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
related to the company's expansion into products and services for China's growing high net worth (HNW) population, including questions about the suitability of its products and its vulnerability to bad debt losses and a potential leveling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
had changed radically in March, and the Moody's team was fearful that the situation could spiral out of control. The Moody's team knew that carry traders increased Iceland's vulnerability to a confidence crisis because they were quick to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
therefore a critical issue for all young firms. Most firms start out small, and small size makes them vulnerable to failure. Large firms almost always possess sufficient slack resources that buffer them from the vagaries of their... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
vulnerable to natural disasters, such as flood plains. This would represent a form of moral hazard. Some critics argue, moreover, that unemployment insurance has rendered workers less careful about keeping their jobs, that deposit... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008
exploitation tends to drive out exploration, rendering organizations rigid and vulnerable to environmental change. Drawing on the Carnegie School, we propose a model where perturbation moderates the relationship between exploitation and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
the root reasons why communities of color and poor and vulnerable communities are most affected is because of power structures and the way that our economy rewards the people at the top. It's fascinating to me that all of this is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
wrestle in their journals with the bank’s balance between doing well and doing good, even as they acknowledge that CB’s clients are better off than they would be without the loans. “When you are dealing with a more vulnerable and... View Details
- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Byron Wien (MBA 1956) was a Wall Street icon. He had a 50-year career that included chief investment strategist roles at Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, and was well... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
issue of making it available to patients across the world, much as it did for its blockbuster HIV/AIDS antiretrovirals. For Erik Musalem, the new general manager of Gilead Mexico, the challenge was complicated by operating in a middle-income country, where Gilead’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman