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- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
to actually mobilizing the resources required to stop it. We term this the "RPM process": recognition, prioritization, mobilization. Failure at any of these three stages will leave a company vulnerable to potentially devastating... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
off several imminent global flashpoints. “People are beginning to recognize that they rely on the environment for food and water. Look at the impact of soil erosion and population growth on herders and farmers in Nicaragua or the lack of water and human View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
PPP’s forgivable loans were a lifeline for many small businesses. But banks often prioritized larger, established clients, while the smallest and most vulnerable businesses had trouble accessing funds. “Fintech companies really stepped up... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
years and has proven very useful. However, the few studies looking at software architecture and vulnerabilities are limited in scope and findings. We explore the relationship between software vulnerabilities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
also cause political reactions harmful to capitalism. Other possible disruptions to the operation of capitalism were seen in the following: the global financial system, viewed by some as overly opaque, leveraged, interconnected, and therefore View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
leveraged, interconnected, and therefore vulnerable to shocks; inadequate rule of law and protection for property rights and contracts; underperforming education systems; massive internal and international migration motivated by income... View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
ordinary citizens' income was cut by a third, vulnerable groups suffered. But more important, fifteen years later, the economy continues to decay, inflation is rampant, and many people continue to suffer. Whatever the outcome of the Greek... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
China, Egypt, India, Thailand, and Vietnam, where much of its future growth would come. They were denied several times but kept the idea alive through other projects until conditions presented themselves. But now that they had secured... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
monetary policy rules are no short-cut to credibility in situations where vulnerability to economic and political shocks, not time-inconsistency, are overarching concerns for investors. Download the paper from SSRN ($5)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
about the first ninety days? Michael Watkins: Leaders, regardless of their level, are most vulnerable in their first few months in a new position. They lack detailed knowledge of the challenges they will face and what it will take to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
whether it’s national security or immigration or healthcare, all had climate implications and required climate considerations. So, for my next role, I joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and worked on a climate... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
jobs, only to struggle and become vulnerable to recruitment by extremist groups. “Everyone deserves a secure future,” Masha said. “To end insecurity, we must unlock the potential of agriculture as a job... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Lerner, and Jean Tirole Abstract The sub-prime crisis has shown a harsh spotlight on the practices of securities underwriters, which provided too many complex securities that proved to ultimately have little... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
tendencies that can cloud our financial judgment, explains why index funds are a savvy choice, and reveals secrets like why it’s better to wait until age 70 to receive Social Security benefits―along with the calculations that make this... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
influencing actions rather than dictating them. Both must be brave enough to make themselves vulnerable and admit mistakes. In addition, teachers lead and leaders teach. Again, this may not be obvious, but think about how teachers model... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
over time, the relationship between firm size and corporate vulnerability is relatively time invariant. All else being equal, large firms in emerging markets are more financially vulnerable and also... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
tradeoffs, by the very definition of maximizing. Unless you see the fallacy of this approach and are sensitive to how many cultural and economic reinforcements are making it seem inevitable, you make yourself all the more vulnerable to... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
All in the Family
McCollom Hampton, and Ivan Lansberg go so far as to assert that having a successful family business is the "Emerald City" for most of the world's population-that is, the much sought-after means of assuring security and the promise of... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
governance; market participants and security analysts were, until the beginning of the 2000s but not subsequently, more positively surprised by the earning announcements of good-governance firms; and, although governance indices no longer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2025
- News
What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”
some of these things, to try and reach that point of security as soon as you can, basically, Byron says. It makes you way more likable, and I think generally will also make you approach relationships in just a much less self centered and... View Details
Keywords: Finance