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- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
and communities? What are feasible responses to this eventuality? Whether or not they are political, should we be considering them now? Is the real jobs crisis ahead of us? What do you think? View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
disappointing, ending in either a brutal fight or incumbent co-option How Asymmetries Propel Disruptive Entrants Asymmetries allow disruptive attackers to enter a market, grow without incumbent interference, and mitigate the incumbent's View Details
- May 2011 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Redesigning a 401(k) Plan at Haley-Midland
By: Robert C. Pozen and Scott Eric Perl
Rose Adams, the CFO of Haley-Midland, Inc., dispensed with pleasantries and started right in on her questions for Jim Sweeney, the senior vice president of human resources, and Nancy Walters, Haley-Midland's vice president and treasurer, about the brewing crisis with... View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and Scott Eric Perl. "Redesigning a 401(k) Plan at Haley-Midland." Harvard Business School Case 311-128, May 2011. (Revised December 2011.)
- 2012
- Chapter
Leading in Crises: Observations on the Political and Decision-Making Dimensions of Response
By: Herman B. Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
Emergency response organizations, as we have argued in earlier writing, must deal with both "routine emergencies" (dangerous events, perhaps extremely severe, that are routine because they can be anticipated and prepared for) and "true crises" (which, because of... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Leadership; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Government and Politics
Leonard, Herman B., and Arnold M. Howitt. "Leading in Crises: Observations on the Political and Decision-Making Dimensions of Response." Chap. 3 in Mega-Crises: Understanding the Prospects, Nature, Characteristics and the Effects of Cataclysmic Events, edited by Ira Helsloot, Arjen Boin, Brian Jacobs, and Louise K. Comfort, 25–36. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 2012.
- September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
BP's Macondo: Spill and Response
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This case starts by reporting various factors that may have contributed to the massive Macondo oil spill, noting that BP, its partners and the government all made decisions that helped cause the accident. It then discusses the response to this spill by BP and the... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Metals and Minerals; Crisis Management; Infrastructure; Trade; Pollutants; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Rotemberg, Julio J. "BP's Macondo: Spill and Response." Harvard Business School Case 711-021, September 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- June 2021 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
Nissan's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Ananth Raman, William Schmidt and Ann Winslow
In January 2020, Ashwani Gupta took over as COO at Nissan Motor Corporation, and several weeks later, the COVID-19 pandemic began. Nissan’s Business Continuity Plan (BCP) had been key to the resilience of Nissan’s supply chain. It had enabled Nissan to recover from... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Supply Chain Management; Health Pandemics; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; India
Raman, Ananth, William Schmidt, and Ann Winslow. "Nissan's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Case 621-057, June 2021. (Revised October 2021.)
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
Harvard Business School faculty members, looking at the U.S. financial crisis from a variety of disciplines, urged caution and prudent analysis in a recent panel discussion. The discussion titled "Turmoil on the Street: Fathoming the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- Op-Ed
Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis
refusal to agree to a new pact. But a more fiscally-integrated and responsible Europe should regain competitiveness on a global scale and find growth again. Jean Monnet, one of the founding fathers of the EU, once observed that Europe... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
Kasturi "Kash" Rangan, the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School, argues that corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives are more necessary than ever. Rangan says that when carefully View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
leaders, operating managers, not HR executives, are at the front line of planning and development. In fact, many senior executives now hold their line managers directly responsible for these activities. In... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
Every firm has two strategies, we learn early on in the pages of One Strategy: Organization, Planning, and Decision Making. "Explicit" strategy is the one you read about in your company's planning memos and PowerPoint slides.... View Details
- January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the largest and fastest-growing pools of investment capital in the world and follows an unusually active program of investment management. In the market turmoil of late 2008, Mark Wiseman, Senior Vice President of the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Management; Capital; Financial Management; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Canada
Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board." Harvard Business School Case 809-073, January 2009. (Revised April 2009.)
- April 2002
- Case
Contingent Workforce Planning at Motorola, Inc.
Details the rationale for and design of a unique organizational response by Motorola to the challenges of contingent staffing at its semiconductor facility in Austin, Texas. The new outsourcing strategy is built on principles of supply chain management and business... View Details
Beaulieu, Nancy D. "Contingent Workforce Planning at Motorola, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 902-211, April 2002.
- April 1, 2020
- Article
Coronavirus Is Putting Corporate Social Responsibility to the Test
By: Mark R. Kramer
A great many large companies talk about their values, or about how much they care for their employees and other stakeholders. The coronavirus crisis is the time for them to make good on that commitment. The author offers some things that corporations can do to help... View Details
Kramer, Mark R. "Coronavirus Is Putting Corporate Social Responsibility to the Test." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 1, 2020).
- December 2015 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
Woolf Farming and the California Water Crisis
By: Forest Reinhardt, David Bell, Natalie Kindred, Mary Shelman and Laura Winig
This case highlights the tough choices, competing interests, and decision-making mechanisms involved in California's management of its severe drought, entering its fifth year in 2015. Stuart Woolf, CEO of Woolf Farming, a grower and processor of almonds, tomatoes, and... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Natural Disasters; Climate Change; Resource Allocation; Environmental Sustainability; Government and Politics; Economics; Weather; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; California
Reinhardt, Forest, David Bell, Natalie Kindred, Mary Shelman, and Laura Winig. "Woolf Farming and the California Water Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 716-038, December 2015. (Revised January 2016.)
- April 30, 2020
- Article
Leading Your Team Past the Peak of a Crisis
In the middle of a crisis, everything looks like a failure. But it’s possible to come out the other end with a strong company—and often with a plan for growth. Companies with a people-first culture can succeed by paying attention to three things: establishing clear... View Details
Keywords: Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Corporate Accountability; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Leading Your Team Past the Peak of a Crisis." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 30, 2020).
- November 2007 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis
By: Tom Nicholas and Laura Gaie Singleton
Control Data Corporation is considering its response to the assassination of renowned civil rights activist Martin Luther King. Four months prior, William Norris, president of the Minneapolis-based computer firm had already committed to building a plant in a low-income... View Details
Keywords: Urban Development; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Urban Scope; Computer Industry; District of Columbia; Minneapolis
Nicholas, Tom, and Laura Gaie Singleton. "Control Data Corporation and the Urban Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 808-096, November 2007. (Revised April 2022.)
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
the results of his inquiry in a new book The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World, which deals head on with the growing management complexities in the new economy. “What's going on now is a return to an earlier... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- March 2021 (Revised May 2021)
- Supplement
Blue Meridian Partners (B): Pivoting in a Crisis
The (B) case situated in 2020 describes the many quick decisions taken by the fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the calls for social justice, and raises the question of whether and how these decisions are aligned with the long range strategy of the fund. View Details
Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; COVID-19; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Venture Capital; Social Issues; Health Pandemics; Decisions; Strategy
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Blue Meridian Partners (B): Pivoting in a Crisis." Harvard Business School Supplement 521-091, March 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Q: You've done research on the role of shareholders in holding corporations responsible for their actions. Should any of the burden of ethical corporate behavior rest on shareholders? How about the rank-and-file employees? A: The short... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler