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Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970
By: G. Jones and Rachael Comunale
This article contributes to the literature on political risk in business and economic history by examining both new perspectives (risk encountered by companies domestically, rather than risk for foreign investors) and new settings (emerging markets economies in Latin... View Details
Keywords: Political Risk; Emerging Market; Bribery; Business ＆ Government Relations; Turbulence; Violence; Risk and Uncertainty; Emerging Markets; Crime and Corruption; Business and Government Relations; Business History; India; Latin America
Jones, G., and Rachael Comunale. "Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970." Australian Economic History Review 58, no. 3 (November 2018): 233–264.
- March 2025
- Case
Boeing’s Turbulent Trajectory: A Timeline of Compounding Crises and Broken Trust (January 2020 - September 2024)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Samantha N. Smith
Sucher, Sandra J., and Samantha N. Smith. "Boeing’s Turbulent Trajectory: A Timeline of Compounding Crises and Broken Trust (January 2020 - September 2024)." Harvard Business School Case 325-094, March 2025.
- Research Summary
Individual Effectiveness
By: Frances X. Frei
This research investigates how to create the conditions for individuals to thrive. The work is guided by the observation that individuals and organizations have the opportunity to vastly enhance individual effectiveness. View Details
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By: Nancy F. Koehn
My teaching and research focus on crisis leadership and how men and women use crises to make themselves better leaders. I currently teach a module in the Advanced Management Program and an HBS Online LIVE course on Courageous Leadership. The purpose of each course is... View Details
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By: Nancy F. Koehn
My research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Using the lens of history, my work examines how individual leaders from business, government and other walks accomplish important—often seemingly... View Details
- 29 Jun 2020
- News
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
2020 has been a challenging year for leaders, their companies, and their employees. When we asked 600 CEOs earlier this year what keeps them awake at night during this global pandemic, many cited the need to reduce expenses, including payroll costs, in response to... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 2013
- Book
The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
The question of how to lead successfully and responsibly is crucially important in our uncertain, high-pressure, turbulent world. In this book, Joseph Badaracco answers this question in practical and, at times, provocative ways. View Details
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World. Harvard Business Review Press, 2013.
- November 1996 (Revised June 1999)
- Case
Living on Internet Time: Product Development at Netscape, Yahoo!, NetDynamics, and Microsoft
By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack
Describes how four companies in the Internet software market approach product development. Drawing upon short case studies of three recent projects, students are invited to synthesize the common attributes of development practice in turbulent environments. View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Situation or Environment; Volatility; Risk and Uncertainty; Research and Development; Information Technology Industry; United States
Iansiti, Marco, and Alan D. MacCormack. "Living on Internet Time: Product Development at Netscape, Yahoo!, NetDynamics, and Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 697-052, November 1996. (Revised June 1999.)
- July 2000 (Revised May 2001)
- Case
WebMD (A)
Discusses the emerging role of the Internet in the health care industry and describes the strategy of WebMD in this new "ehealth" space. Issues include technology strategy, industry transformation, competition in turbulent environments, and strategic alliances. View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Alliances; Competitive Advantage; Industry Structures; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Coughlan, Peter J., Michael G. Rukstad, and Carl Johnston. "WebMD (A)." Harvard Business School Case 701-007, July 2000. (Revised May 2001.)
- 17 Aug 2011
- News
Businesses Don't Really Care About You
- 09 Jan 2018
- News
Think New England Is Cold? Try Antarctica
- 05 Oct 2017
- News
Why Great Leaders Are Forged in Crisis
- December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
- Supplement
Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain
Having taken steps to shore up investor confidence, during the turbulent fourth quarter of 2008, Goldman Sachs confronts the challenge of whether its business model will continue to be viable under radically altered market conditions and a new regulatory regime. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business Strategy; Banking Industry
Goldberg, Lena G., and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain. "Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 310-056, December 2009. (Revised June 2010.)
- Awards
NASDAQ Award for Best Paper on Market Microstructure
Winner of the 2016 Best Paper in Market Microstructure Award for “The Value of Trading Relationships in Turbulent Times” with Zhaogang Song and Amir Kermani (forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics). The award was sponsored by NASDAQ at the Annual... View Details
- 11 Aug 2020
- News
The 7 hallmarks of good leadership in the pandemic
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
In the severe economic, social, and scientific turbulence churning at the dawn of the twentieth century, people were eager for any semblance of stability and predictability. From this need for certainty emerged a group of entrepreneurs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2020
- News
Leading Yourself In Crisis with Nancy Koehn
- 14 Feb 2019
- News