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- March 2008
- Article
Toward an Understanding of When Executives See Crisis As Opportunity
Whereas it has long been noted that crises may be sources of opportunity for organizations and their constituents, relatively little is known about the conditions under which executives come to perceive crises as opportunity. The authors delineate some factors that... View Details
- Research Summary
Financial Innovation and Financial Crisis in Historical Perspective
By: David A. Moss
This line of research aims to inform our understanding of modern financial challenges and vulnerabilities by reexamining important financial innovations and financial crises of the past, with particular but not exclusive attention to U.S. financial history. View Details
- November 1997
- Case
Odwalla, Inc.
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
Odwalla suffered one of the worst food safety crises in history and not only survived but continued to grow. Now they need to decide how the crisis affected their business and how to expand their business. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Crisis Management; Safety; Expansion; System Shocks; Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Odwalla, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 598-047, November 1997.
- April 1998 (Revised January 2005)
- Case
Bahtulism, Collapse, Resurrection? Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998
By: Huw Pill and Donald H. Mathis
Describes, in detail, events precipitating crises. Provides both conventional and new explanations of crises. Presents a chronology of crises as the events unfold, and a brief summary of four particular countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand) and their... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; International Finance; Development Economics; Thailand; Malaysia; South Korea; Indonesia
Pill, Huw, and Donald H. Mathis. "Bahtulism, Collapse, Resurrection? Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998." Harvard Business School Case 798-089, April 1998. (Revised January 2005.)
- 30 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
The Stock Market and Bank Risk-Taking
- 07 Jan 2009
- News
Czar Power
- 22 Jun 2010
- News
Obama's Tarnished Brand
- 18 Jan 2011
- News
Why Blame Makes for Bad Business: Lessons from Arizona
- 19 May 2010
- News
Attracting the Next Generation
- 30 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Grad Drives Lori Systems to Success
"how can we change the system to prevent refugee crises in the first place?" That insight pushed Josh to "look for a systems-wide, macro-level shift I could be a part of." Eschewing the Peace Corps path, he chose a... View Details
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
The problem with using crises to reduce complacency and create urgency is that the tactic is a potential diamond sitting on a rock surrounded by quicksand and very nasty beasts. Any naiveté about the downside risks can cause disaster. Big... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 2009
- Chapter
The Principles of Embedded Liberalism: Social Legitimacy and Global Capitalism
By: Rawi Abdelal and John G. Ruggie
In this essay we revisit the principles of “embedded liberalism” and argue for their relevance to the contemporary global economy. The most essential principle is the need for markets to enjoy social legitimacy, because their political sustainability ultimately depends... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Ethics; International Finance; Globalization; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Labor
Abdelal, Rawi, and John G. Ruggie. "The Principles of Embedded Liberalism: Social Legitimacy and Global Capitalism." In New Perspectives on Regulation, edited by David Moss and John Cisternino, 151–162. Cambridge, MA: Tobin Project, 2009.
- 06 Mar 2020
- News
Don’t Hide Bad News in Times of Crisis
- Research Summary
Rare Consumption Disasters
Another defining feature of financial crises is consumption disasters, or large drops in aggregate consumption. Rather than taking the standard approach of seeking implications of such rare disasters for asset pricing in consumption data, Professor Siriwardane asks... View Details
- August 2011
- Supplement
InnoCentive.com (C)
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric Lonstein
InnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. This case focuses on the outcome of InnoCentive's decision to post challenges related to environmental issues created by the Gulf Oil Spill. It reviews... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Networks; Decisions; Outcome or Result; Pollutants; Natural Disasters; Natural Environment; Japan
Lakhani, Karim R., and Eric Lonstein. "InnoCentive.com (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 612-027, August 2011.
- March 2024
- Case
ixigo
By: Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
Ixigo is India’s second-largest online travel aggregator (OTA) and the market leader among private train OTAs. It has overcome numerous near-death crises to emerge as a customer-centric, profitable firm. It aspires to become the leading OTA in the next billion Internet... View Details
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Washington Hospital Center (D): Emergency Medicine After September 11
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
The all-risks-ready emergency room prototype project becomes widely accepted as a need after September 11, 2001. The already operational medical informatics system, Insight, comes under heavy demand after its strong performance during crises and is noticed by various... View Details
- March 2007 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line?
Mary Gadams, founder and CEO of RacingThePlanet is facing one of the many logistical crises that her young Hong Kong-based venture faces as it stages its popular 4Deserts(tm) adventure marathon series in Atacama Chile, Gobi Desert Mongolia, Sahara Desert Egypt, and... View Details
Keywords: Global Range; Business or Company Management; Logistics; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Sports Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Hong Kong; Egypt; Mongolia; Chile; Antarctica
Isenberg, Daniel J. "Will RacingThePlanet Ltd. Reach the Finish Line?" Harvard Business School Case 807-148, March 2007. (Revised August 2009.)