Threats - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

experiencing a threat to their abilities, individuals who misrepresent their performance as better than it actually is boost their feelings of competence. We situate these findings in the literature on self-protection. We show that this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

entrepreneurs can exploit through the development of products and services specifically for inclusion in platforms, whether they are technological or marketing in nature? And do increasingly powerful platforms represent opportunities or View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

can deliver the safest perceived service environment, in the face of ongoing public health threats from COVID-19 and from the next pandemic. Sustaining their business viability post-COVID will demand more resources and a higher carbon... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

what are some of the possible negative consequences of remaining stagnant? Stefan Thomke: Competitive environments and technologies are constantly changing, which creates both wonderful opportunities to innovate and grave threats if we... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

06 Dec 2021
News

Turning Point: Makeover

assessment came back as “highly effective.” Confused, I asked why. Their lawyer replied, “If your ego is so big you need to hold onto the CEO title, and you’d be willing to hurt the company to do so—we can have that conversation.” It felt like a View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; leadership; purpose; Asian American; beauty industry; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Oct 2002
News

Amy S. Langer

we're now in a completely different part of this race, and heading toward the finish line. Breast cancer will not be the threat to our daughters that it has been to us and to our mothers.” Langer has used a wheelchair since 1996, when a... View Details

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

willingness to pay. Lal: They've created new sources of value for their customers that did not exist before. Q: And PetSmart. What's made them so successful? Lal: PetSmart saw the online threat early and built a strategy to insulate... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

13 Feb 2019
News

We’re All Going to Get Hacked

they didn’t know what the threat looked like. They didn’t know where the threat comes from. Part of being resilient is having a policy that says we shall block this or protect that. That’s an important... View Details

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

the world about the problems they thought might constitute material threats to the sustainability of market capitalism. As part of Harvard Business School's centennial celebration a few years ago, we convened groups of business leaders in... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

01 Mar 2017
News

The Realities of the Refugee Crisis

accepting so many refugees just because it was the right thing to do. It was a humanitarian crisis they had to respond to, not some great economic opportunity. If this refugee crisis is going to be instructive in the future, what lessons have we learned from what has... View Details

Keywords: April White

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

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

business of politics as they would study any company or sector, looking at structural components such as competitors, customers, channels to reach customers, suppliers, and the threat of new entrants into the market using the “five-forces... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

entrepreneurship. If a country with strong macroeconomic and macropolitical fundamentals is also strong at a micro level—at an entrepreneurship level—then the country actually may not get much FDI," he said. Local firms may pose a serious competitive View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

misuse of social media, and cyber attacks are just a few of the threats to continuing prosperity that we see dominating the headlines every day. How can capitalism be sustained? And who should spearhead the effort? Critics turn to... View Details

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

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