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- 11 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections
target, rather than targeting an arbitrary number. Devising this number means finding just the right balance in the inevitable compromise the firm has to make between increasing the target size to reduce the potential loss of money from... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
commented that this mindset "leads to poor morale and burn out," as well as a loss of effective communication skills. Gerald Nanninga added that "it is destroying the art of pondering" and "by valuing work as a... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
African government take a stand against an effective AIDS treatment drug? The inability of government to make wise tradeoffs—give up small losses for much larger gain—has been investigated by HBS professor Max Bazerman and his research... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
emotional address, as Rabbitt tried to inspire the company to move forward, while holding back her own tears. For Rabbitt and for everyone else at the company, the loss was both professional and personal. Furthermore, Couch's death... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
number of massive—and massively leveraged—firms, ranging from Bear Stearns to Citigroup to AIG, played a central role in driving both the bubble and the eventual collapse. And because they were so large and strategically positioned in the marketplace, they threatened... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or fraud. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909006 Distribution at American Airlines (A) Harvard Business School Case 909-035... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Supplement
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
By: Mihir A. Desai and Suzanne Antoniou
How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
highly pro-opposition population that has experienced severe violence, attitudes toward willingness to settle and make peace are remarkably malleable, depending on factors such as who proposes a deal and how wartime losses are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
approach of creating a dedicated sales force for Ultrasound. This choice was complicated by the matrix organization structure of Philips where regional general managers (GMs) had profit and loss (P&L) responsibility for the entire... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
which those who are charged with running its most important institutions are fairly compensated, but in a way that doesn't reduce the legitimacy and the respect of the institutions they are charged with running. One of the consequences of executive compensation has... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
schedules, and even safety, something has to be done. When combined with a loss of “voice” at lower levels in the organization, it can be lethal. In the view of some observers, that’s what happened recently at Boeing. The Boeing example A... View Details
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
ObenchainHarvard Business School Supplement 310-057 After posting its first-ever quarterly loss in 2008, Goldman Sachs surpassed market expectations for the first quarter of 2009 but came under intensive fire for, among other things,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
Case 119-030 Fair Value Accounting at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. In May 2018, Berkshire Hathaway announced an unprecedented loss of more than $1 billion for the first quarter of 2018. Warren Buffett blamed this View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51460 Concentrated Capital Losses and the Pricing of Corporate Credit Risk By: Siriwardane, Emil N. Abstract—Using proprietary data on all credit default swap (CDS) transactions in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
liability standards, Feuerstein ended up spending more money than he had. And the company went bankrupt. View VideoA middle-aged worker whose job was replaced by automation reflects on how the loss changed her life. As with many HBS... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
app-based ride-hailing, shopping, and food-delivery platforms working more hours to compensate for pandemic-related job losses within their households. As this trend accelerated, Oberholzer-Gee and Katsnelson looked for an opportunity to... View Details
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
Saint-Etienne saw the interest rates on one of its major loans rise from 4 percent to 24 percent in 2010, due to the depreciation of the pound sterling. In total, losses on toxic loans doubled the city's debt levels. More than 72% of the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
trade to non-NAFTA partners grew by 195%. Critics of NAFTA claimed that it had contributed to a loss of manufacturing jobs to Mexico, increased inequality in all countries, and undercut environmental laws. Those who supported NAFTA,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
Federal Disaster Relief, designed to help the victims of natural disasters, he continued. The policy provides relief but does not include land use regulation or risk-based premiums. "We see more and more building in hazard prone areas. The View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
of the model reasonably matches the (i) sensitivity of the aggregate stock market to changes in the likelihood of a disaster and (ii) loss rates of disaster risky stocks during the 2008 financial crisis. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne