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01 Sep 2018
News

Turning Point: Power Outlet

around was a fact that had stayed with me ever since I heard it: Black boys as young as 10 years old are no longer viewed as innocent children but as a potential threat and aggressor. That made me feel like I was on the clock with my own... View Details

13 Jun 2018
News

The First Five Years: Momchil Filev and Ben Faw (both MBA 2014)

hiring people who were either underemployed or unemployed and then watching them thrive and build self-confidence and a better life. Creating the dignity of work and allowing people to provide needs for their loved ones is exhilarating. The challenge is the crushing... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?

flexible, fragmented, and intensely competitive environment. To me, belief in a new frontier of digital prosperity is an act of faith that underscores how much denial exists in America today. You seem to see competitiveness as a threat to... View Details

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

01 Jun 2016
News

Faculty Q&A: That’s Classic

leader in question is experiencing a life-and-death dilemma—if he doesn’t get it right, he’d be killed. It’s very, very exaggerated. We’d ask, “How is this speaking to you?” Everyone would start by acknowledging that death was not a serious daily View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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

21 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 21

Disruption? Willy Shih and William NobleHarvard Business School Case 612-101 As Clayton Christensen drove to the studio to deliver an online executive education class, he pondered the future of management education. How big a threat did... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

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

01 Sep 2024
News

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

adapt pieces of it to meet their reality. For instance, both Nike and IKEA are working on designing products that can be easily disassembled and recycled. “When you start seeing this approach not as a threat to the organization, but as an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

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

17 Apr 2024
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

(MBA 2023) - There are 15 million homes in the US with a one in four chance of total asset loss due to flooding, RESILIFT will end that threat to American Housing. PARTICIPANTS - BUSINESS TRACK AgX - Maxwell Leef (MBA 2025), Callum... View Details

Mar 2012
Article

The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness

suffering not only from a deep cyclical downturn but also from underlying structural threats to its long-term competitiveness. The authors cite evidence of structural problems in trends that predate the recent recession. These concerns... View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

Ruling from the Bench

including “Ice Princess” and “Judge 232,” a number referring to her sentence for one defendant (the actual term was 213 years). Her hard-line stance has led to numerous death threats and the necessity for 24-hour police protection. “I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

two-year MBA program. Glick's presentation focused on benevolent sexism. Unlike hostile sexism, which is an overt response to a perceived threat to male power, Glick said that benevolent sexism's reinforcement of the male-as-caretaker... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

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Student Handbook | MBA

extraordinary circumstances to protect the health and safety of the Harvard community. For these purposes “extraordinary circumstances” include, but are not limited to, public health emergencies, extreme weather events, and other conditions posing broad View Details

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