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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
to be killed by police than their white counterparts. Yet the simple act of exposing my vulnerability and fear when it came to my own sons’ safety is what connected, because so many others were feeling the same thing. That understanding... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Be Flexible In today's competitive and volatile business environment, depending on forecasting as the basis for planning and strategy has become a particularly risky way to operate. Especially vulnerable are manufacturing projects that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Averting Crisis
be measured in real time, it would be easier to anticipate financial vulnerability and take measures to prevent future crises.” —Robin Greenwood, George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking; Chair, BFFS Project “Most decisions in finance... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
the business world, succession planning.” Yet the impact and frequency of disasters has increased, Beer notes, making it even more important for businesses to integrate disaster preparedness into daily operations: “The vulnerability of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
The summer training program at Bear Hug Cattle Company starts truly at square one. “The first day is about teaching the guys how to just be out here and not die,” says lead instructor Zach Aguilar, gazing out from under his broad-brimmed hat to the grassy rangelands of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Authentic Leadership
their own leadership style and determine their inner compass. They are invited to draw up a contract establishing norms and confidentiality, allowing for openness about vulnerabilities as they share their life stories and confront... View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
industry. The plan’s design was guided by several key outcomes: saving jobs; protecting businesses with liquidity and fiscal incentives; building tech infrastructure to support work-from-home initiatives; providing basic food and information to the most View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Ink: Talking Shop
and not tooting his own horn, I’ll give a vote for Michael Horn’s podcast, Future U. It’s great for anyone interested in higher ed and workforce development. —Scott Benson (MBA 2008) I’ve been listening to many of the podcasts by Mark Groves. I love his lighthearted... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11
revealing a vulnerability that students at Harvard Business School were unaccustomed to seeing in their faculty. The previous day, all classes had been cancelled as news broke of the terrorist attacks on the United States. Two of the four... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Generation Next
But they're also highly vulnerable systems. This program helps leaders of such companies understand the special dynamics inherent in family business so that their firms can become even more high-performing." The program, which will be... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Negotiating in 3-D: An Overarching Way to Get to Yes?
the company vulnerable to expropriation. So Kennecott undertook to strengthen its bargaining position and enlarge its negotiating parameters by repositioning itself vis-à-vis the larger Chilean society. The company gained leverage by... View Details
Keywords: Anita M. Harris
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Rooting out Racism
elevate the cost of all other types of racist behavior, in policing, criminal justice, housing, K–12 education, and health care—systems that for decades have been putting knees on the necks of our most vulnerable citizens and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
for vulnerabilities in much the same way an attacker would. If those tests reveal chinks in an enterprise’s digital armor—obsolete servers, outdated software, lax protocols—then At-Bay’s security experts help to address the problems.... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
initiative helps organizations create short-term financial stability for vulnerable workers and communities. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY READ MORE STORIES Ackerley cites a Pew... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
industry leaders, Competing on Internet Time details the strategies, policies, and products that contributed to Netscape's breathtaking growth and success. The book further reveals, through candid quotations and thoughtful analysis, the missteps and misconceptions that... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
You’ve Been YouTubed
of the old. One of the points we debate in class is whether social media are better at destroying value than creating it. In social media an entity’s size and brand recognition make it more vulnerable to parody and attack, not safer. As... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
discs) Restaurants (grocer's takeout) Steel production (minimills) Telephone-long distance (Internet telephony) Are some industries more vulnerable to this threat than others? There are some industries, or at least parts of them, that I... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
science and engineering. But those paths never felt like quite the right fit. "Since high school, I had done volunteer work with homeless kids and vulnerable children and domestic violence victims," she says. "Somehow, that really spoke... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
knew its impact could extend far beyond her own situation. It meant she could devote herself to Rocket Learning, the nonprofit she had launched in 2020 with her brother, Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019), which leverages digital technology to improve early childhood education for... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
some insecurity that is inherent in writing—in being vulnerable and creative. Every time you sit down you wonder, Are all of the words gone? Are all of my ideas gone? Every time you sit down, it feels like a leap. And in almost every case... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna