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- 2010
- Chapter
Advance Recovery and the Development of Resilient Organizations and Societies
By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
Societies face a wide array of significant hazards-ranging from the possibility of natural disasters to industrial accidents to large-scale terrorist incidents. View Details
Keywords: Natural Disasters; Society; Organizations; Growth and Development; National Security; Safety
Leonard, Dutch, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Advance Recovery and the Development of Resilient Organizations and Societies." In Integrative Risk Management: Advanced Disaster Recovery, edited by Simon Woodward. Zurich, Switzerland: Swiss Re, Centre for Global Dialogue, 2010.
- June 2016
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (J): You Home Clinic's Recovery Efforts
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Akio Yonekura, Jonathan Bassani, Chris Harreld, Alan Zong and Victor Stone
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Akio Yonekura, Jonathan Bassani, Chris Harreld, Alan Zong, and Victor Stone. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (J): You Home Clinic's Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-478, June 2016.
- June 2016
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (F): Google Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Tomoharu Tanaka, Kavi Krut, March Bishop, E. Kyle Bisutti and Adam Zalisk
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Tomoharu Tanaka, Kavi Krut, March Bishop, E. Kyle Bisutti, and Adam Zalisk. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (F): Google Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-474, June 2016.
- 2014
- Working Paper
The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game
By: Karen G. Mills and Brayden McCarthy
Small businesses are core to America's economic competitiveness. Not only do they employ half of the nation's private sector workforce—about 120 million people—but since 1995 they have created approximately two-thirds of the net new jobs in our country. Yet in recent... View Details
Mills, Karen G., and Brayden McCarthy. "The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-004, July 2014.
- June 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death"
By: Michael J. Roberts, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Ramana Nanda
The case focuses on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the $38 billion of stimulus funding the DOE received to encourage clean tech. They focus on "bridging the valley of death" (i.e., helping young, innovative companies finance technically risky and very capital... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Government and Politics; Innovation and Invention; Programs; Business and Government Relations; Climate Change; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry
Roberts, Michael J., Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Ramana Nanda. U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death". Harvard Business School Case 810-144, June 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- June 2016
- Supplement
The Great East Japan Earthquake (G): Yahoo! Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi, Tomohiro Nakazawa, Sam Burke, Jonathan Kratz and David Marchand
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, Tomohiro Nakazawa, Sam Burke, Jonathan Kratz, and David Marchand. "The Great East Japan Earthquake (G): Yahoo! Japan's Response and Recovery Efforts." Harvard Business School Supplement 716-475, June 2016.
- Research Summary
The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game
By: Karen Mills
Small businesses are core to America's economic competitiveness. Not only do they employ half of the nation’s private sector workforce—about 120 million people—but since 1995 they have created approximately two-thirds of the net new jobs in our country. Yet in... View Details
- November 2024
- Teaching Note
The Marshall Plan: The Politics and Economics of Europe's Recovery After World War II
By: Vincent Pons, Marco Tabellini and Vestal McIntyre
- 2014
- Chapter
Virtual Unconventional Policies: The Euro Area Recovery and the Role of ECB Policy
By: Huw Pill
Pill, Huw. "Virtual Unconventional Policies: The Euro Area Recovery and the Role of ECB Policy." Chap. 10 in Monetary Policy after the Great Recession, edited by Javier Vallés, 291–304. Madrid: Fundación de las Cajas de Ahorros, 2014.
- 14 Aug 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death" (TN)
By: Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Michael J. Roberts
Teaching Note for 810144. View Details
- March 2024 (Revised February 2025)
- Case
The Marshall Plan: The Politics and Economics of Europe's Recovery After World War II
By: Vincent Pons, Marco Tabellini and Vestal McIntyre
Pons, Vincent, Marco Tabellini, and Vestal McIntyre. "The Marshall Plan: The Politics and Economics of Europe's Recovery After World War II." Harvard Business School Case 724-039, March 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
- Article
Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy?
By: Samuel Antill
In U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, firms are either reorganized, acquired, or liquidated. I show that decisions to liquidate often reduce creditor recovery, costing creditors billions of dollars every year. I exploit the within-district random assignment of... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Recovery Rate; Structural Estimation; Roy Model; 363 Sales; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Antill, Samuel. "Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy?" Journal of Financial Economics 144, no. 2 (May 2022): 523–546.
- Article
Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations: Economic Recovery and the Determinants of Productivity and Innovation: Evidence from Post-WWII Italy
By: Michela Giorcelli
Giorcelli, Michela. "Summaries of Doctoral Dissertations: Economic Recovery and the Determinants of Productivity and Innovation: Evidence from Post-WWII Italy." Journal of Economic History 78, no. 2 (June 2018).
- January 1999
- Article
An Analysis of Value Destruction and Recovery in the Alliance and Proposed Merger of Volvo and Renault
By: Robert Bruner
Volvo's attempt to merge with Renault in 1993 temporarily destroyed SEK 8.6 billion (US$ 1.1 billion) in Volvo shareholder wealth. This study traces the destruction to hubris, managerialism, and the escalation of commitment—elements suggested in previous research. In... View Details
Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Institutional Investors; Alliances; Privatization; Mergers and Acquisitions; Institutional Investing; Auto Industry
Bruner, Robert. "An Analysis of Value Destruction and Recovery in the Alliance and Proposed Merger of Volvo and Renault." Journal of Financial Economics 51, no. 1 (January 1999): 125–166.
- Research Summary
Overview
Erin's research focuses on how organizations can and should respond to employee failures. She is interested in understanding the effects that organizational responses have on subsequent employee behavior, and how organizational policies can be designed to more... View Details
- September 2023
- Background Note
Amager Bakke: Municipal Waste to Energy
By: Willy Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter
This background note describes the Amager Bakke waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Copenhagen, which merges traditional waste incineration with a combined heat and power (CHP) plant and air pollution control (scrubbing) technology, and had plans to add carbon dioxide (CO2)... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Innovation; Innovation Focused Strategy; Environmental Operations; Circular; Waste Heat Recovery; Waste Management; Carbon Regulation; Buildings and Facilities; Energy Generation; Environmental Sustainability; Pollution; Climate Change; Wastes and Waste Processing; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Energy Industry; Denmark; Netherlands; Europe; European Union
Shih, Willy, Michael W. Toffel, and Kelsey Carter. "Amager Bakke: Municipal Waste to Energy." Harvard Business School Background Note 624-040, September 2023.
- November 2024 (Revised January 2025)
- Case
MiDAS: Automating Unemployment Benefits
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
In 2015, the state of Michigan considered whether to nominate its Michigan Integrated Data Automated System (MiDAS) for a prestigious state technology award. Launched in 2013 amid severe budget pressures, the $47 million automated fraud detection system was designed to... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; AI; Machine Learning Models; Algorithmic Data; Automation; Benefits; Compensation; Cost Reduction; Government; Fraud; Government Technology; Public Sector; Systems; Systems Integration; Unemployment Insurance; Waste Heat Recovery; AI and Machine Learning; Government Administration; Insurance; Decision Making; Digital Transformation; Employment; Public Administration Industry; United States; Michigan
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "MiDAS: Automating Unemployment Benefits." Harvard Business School Case 825-100, November 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
- November 2023 (Revised October 2024)
- Supplement
Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)
By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
Set in June 2023, the C case explores Plug Power’s recovery from its financial restatements, how it benefited from government subsidies, and new strategic alliances. View Details
Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Financial Reporting; Ethics; Finance; Management; Social Enterprise; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Europe
Heese, Jonas, Joseph Pacelli, and James Barnett. "Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 124-019, November 2023. (Revised October 2024.)
- 25 Jan 2021
- Working Paper Summaries