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May 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Case

Lincoln Financial Meets the Financial Crisis

By: Robert C. Pozen and Peter Goodspeed Spring

In March of 2009, Lincoln Financial Group's CEO Dennis Glass was facing a difficult decision as to how he would replenish his company's capital, which could quickly fall to dangerously low levels as a result of the financial crisis. Though the cost of raising capital... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Financial Crisis; Capital; Private Equity; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Insurance Industry

Article

Selling After the Crisis

By: Frank V. Cespedes

Like perishable goods in grocery stores, sales models have a sell-by date. As product standards evolve and new entrants emerge, buyers have more choices and demand more in terms of quality and performance across vendors. Firms that fail to adjust to changing customer... View Details

Keywords: Sales Model; Sales; Management; Customer Relationship Management; Health Pandemics

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June 2012 (Revised March 2014)
Case

Best Buy in Crisis

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

In June 2012, Best Buy was in crisis. In 1996, Best Buy overtook Circuit City as the world's leader in consumer electronics retailing; however, 18 years later, Best Buy now found this position threatened. With $51 billion in revenues, it was still the biggest CE... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Competitive Strategy; Ethics; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Retail Industry

October 2023
Case

Managing Innovation at Atrium Health: 'Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste' (Abridged)

By: Derek van Bever, Rory McDonald and Anibha Singh

July 2020
Case

King's College Hospital in Crisis

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

On December 11, 2017, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (King’s), one of London’s leading teaching hospital groups, was put into “special measures” by NHS Improvement (NHSI), the financial regulator of England’s National Health Service (NHS). The future of... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Financing; Health Care and Treatment; Financial Condition; Crisis Management; Organizational Structure; Transformation; Strategic Planning; United Kingdom

Article

The Role of the Board Chair During a Crisis

By: Achim Schmitt, Gilbert Probst and Michael Tushman

A company’s long-term survival during a crisis depends on complementary roles, strategic alignment, and chemistry between the chair and CEO. View Details

Keywords: Board Chair; Management Teams; Crisis Management; Relationships

April 3, 2020
Article

What FDR, Churchill, and Shackleton Can Teach Us About Leadership During the Coronavirus Crisis: A Harvard Business School Historian Who Focuses on Courageous Leadership Outlines Some Critical Lessons from the Past

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Crisis Management; Leadership

30 Apr 2020
News

Five Key Insights on Leading Courageously During a Crisis

16 Jun 2020
News

Delivering Solutions During a Crisis

Keywords: COVID-19

August 2009 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Tenova: Mining for Growth in an Economic Crisis

By: Gary P. Pisano, Elena Corsi and Elisa Farri

In December 2008, Gianluigi Nova, CEO of Tenova SpA, a technology and equipment supplier to the metals and mining industry, had to choose between two options. The first was to continue growing in the company's core business: equipment for the steel production. The... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Leadership; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Diversification; Industrial Products Industry; Mining Industry

March 1996
Case

Intuit: The TurboTax/MacInTax Crisis (D)

By: James L. Heskett

Keywords: Crisis Management

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01 Mar 2009
News

Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis

Global Failures Create a “Lodestar” for HBS Research and Teaching From new cases to new courses and research projects, the HBS faculty’s response to the global financial crisis has been “quite extraordinary,” says Professor Joe Badaracco,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

March 1996
Case

Intuit: The TurboTax/MacInTax Crisis (C)

By: James L. Heskett

Keywords: Crisis Management

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March 1996
Case

Intuit: The TurboTax/MacInTax Crisis (B)

By: James L. Heskett

Keywords: Crisis Management; Information Technology Industry

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May 2011 (Revised June 2011)
Case

The Crisis at Tyco - A Director's Perspective

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Aldo Sesia

In 2002, Wendy Lane had been a member of the board of directors at Tyco International a little more than a year when the company's CEO Dennis Kozlowski and other top executives were accused of fraud, which ultimately led to resignations, imprisonments, lawsuits, and... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Reputation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Crisis Management; Accounting Audits; Problems and Challenges; Risk Management; Finance; Managerial Roles; Lawsuits and Litigation; Service Industry; United States

February 2008 (Revised November 2011)
Case

The International Monetary Fund in Crisis

By: Rawi Abdelal, David Moss and Eugene Kintgen

When Dominique Strauss-Kahn became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in late 2007, he faced a number of significant changes. The organization had lost much of its legitimacy over the previous decade, and countries seemed increasingly reluctant to... View Details

Keywords: History; Globalized Economies and Regions; Problems and Challenges; Developing Countries and Economies; Borrowing and Debt; Government and Politics; Financial Institutions; Business Strategy; Macroeconomics; Financial Services Industry

24 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson (left) meets with employees and community members in this file photo. (Photo courtesy Starbucks.) Johnson & Johnson CEO Jim Burke’s leadership during the 1982 Tylenol crisis is what we at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Technology; Food & Beverage

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

Harvard Business School. Shirley Spence is a writer, educator and former partner at Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm. [Image: iPhoto] Other Stories in This Series How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

November 2020
Case

Wilderness Safaris: Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis

By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard

This case is an epilogue to “Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa” (2-321-020), which ends with the emergence of the pandemic in March 2020. The final discussion area for that case can be “What should Wilderness Safari CEO Keith... View Details

Keywords: Communities; COVID-19; Ecotourism; Travel; Travel Industry; Conservation Planning; Reopening; Investor Relations; Project Strategy; Governance; Decision Making; Cash; Health Pandemics; Business and Shareholder Relations; Tourism Industry; Africa

March 1996
Case

Intuit: The TurboTax/MacInTax Crisis (A)

By: James L. Heskett

Keywords: Crisis Management

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