Threats - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

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

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

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

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

Arguably, the threat of ISIS is used as a red herring, to divert attention from other more fundamental issues within US society. This is a powerful strategy in the sense that it builds on people lack of knowledge and emotions. There is... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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

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

14 Mar 2007
Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

that would have benefited them and society as a whole. Even if the antitrust threat dissipates, there is a broader lesson here. When one considers private equity's substantial successes in this decade, it is clear that the industry... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

companies with widely recognized brands. Eisenmann cites Barnes & Noble as a clear example of the latter. "It took Barnes & Noble 18 months to wake up to the threat posed by Amazon.com," he explains, "but once they... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

02 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Summer Listening - HBS Podcasts to Take to the Beach

for their research, their framework and analysis help to explain current trends in the consulting industry and, crucially, to consider where the industry may be heading in the future, both in terms of threats and opportunities. Listen... View Details

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

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