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  • Fall 2020
  • Article

Sizing Up Corporate Restructuring in the COVID Crisis

By: Robin Greenwood, Benjamin Iverson and David Thesmar
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial and legal system will need to deal with a surge of financial distress in the business sector. Some firms will be able to survive, while others will face bankruptcy and thus need to be liquidated or reorganized. Many... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Economy; System Shocks; Financial Crisis; Restructuring
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  • June 16, 2020
  • Article

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz and Imran S. Currim
The coronavirus makes your customers less able and less willing to spend than before. How should you re-engage with them? Advice from Rohit Deshpandé and colleagues. View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Situation or Environment; Customer Relationship Management
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  • Web

2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

few—all stemming from structural features and systemic pressures related to race, capitalism and democracy, our themes for today. And of course, we are also seeing how these themes are intertwined this year, with the interdependence between business and society laid... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested

Production on the second season of Hello Sunshine’s The Morning Show was paused due to COVID restrictions. Even so, the company continues to grow; Harden mentions onboarding eight employees remotely during the pandemic (adding to a staff... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; women in business; COVID-19; film; media; television; Arts, Entertainment
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School shared advice for nonprofits facing dire financial challenges. How can donors support social impact organizations through a recession? Michael Chu: Support proven organizations with broad impact   First, the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • News

Homeschooled

emotional aspects of schooling. The one thing that this pandemic will help us reevaluate for ourselves is the definition of schooling and learning. This period has demonstrated that it is possible to learn lots of things in a remote... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; online learning; Educational Services
  • January 2011 (Revised April 2014)
  • Case

Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests

By: Nava Ashraf, Natalie Kindred and Richard Sedlmayr
This case describes barriers to adoption of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia and highlights the importance of understanding end users in promoting product adoption. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are simple, easy-to-use tools that provide a relatively reliable,... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Health Industry; Zambia
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  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

Action Plan: Come as You Are

Courtesy Josh Basseches Well over a year into the pandemic, many of us are craving opportunities for direct interaction in a lived, physical space. “So many of us have been engaging with colleagues, family, and friends through Zoom and other virtual exchanges since the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; museums; art; cognition; diversity; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo and Xina Li
Prior research has documented that during mortality-related crises workers face psychic costs and are motivated to make social contributions. In addition, management practices that encourage workers to make social contributions during a crisis create value for firms.... View Details
Keywords: Crisis; Social Contributions; Work From Home (WFH); Cannot Work From Home (CWFH); Social Distancing; Online Communities; Coronavirus; COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Employees; Working Conditions; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management
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  • 20 May 2020
  • News

Quitting Mid-Crisis

Keywords: COVID-19
  • 07 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services
  • Web

Latin America - Global Activities 2021

like I fit into that mold,” she says. “Through PLD, I came to realize there are all sorts of different types of leaders who are perfect for different organizations at different times. I just need to be the best version of myself.” Alumni Help Students Advance Their... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

'Rooted' In Innovation

a Cameroon-based company while pursuing a joint degree at HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences during the pandemic took all of Ajanoh’s spare time. During the January 2022 term break, he went to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 31 Mar 2022
  • News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

meet the residents’ needs—whether that’s feeding folks in a homeless shelter or bringing meals to a local orphanage. That push to innovate proved important during the pandemic as the Robin Hood Army tried to reach senior citizens in... View Details
  • 04 Dec 2020
  • News

Hour by Hour

additional income over time.” Building a company that would allow businesses to retain that training investment, and allow workers to build more wealth, seemed like a problem worth solving. The coronavirus pandemic has made the company’s... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

vertical from health care to fintech, edtech, marketing, security, and automotive, and Lerner sees plenty of room to grow. “It’s really the entire B2B market,” he observes. The Question: Lerner and Holder were already working from Boston and Denver, respectively, when... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 14 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)

industry also coincided with major world events that would play a significant role in her career. First, the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in 2020, forcing the fitness industry to make immediate changes. “The View Details
  • October 2020
  • Teaching Plan

Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines

By: Willy C. Shih
COVID-19 infections were still climbing across the U.S. and many other parts of the world in September 2020, and it seemed that every time Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck & Co. consented to an interview in recent months he always seemed to hear the same question,... View Details
Keywords: Vaccines; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Research and Development; Business Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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  • 13 Nov 2020
  • News

New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning

experience.” — Dustin Hilt Director of HBS Live Programming The pandemic drove the accelerated completion of the two classrooms to accommodate the June start of a new online version of Executive Education’s Program for Leadership... View Details
  • Web

America's Digital Divide: Where Workers Are Falling Behind | Working Knowledge

at least one computing device. Even so, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that many people, particularly those in rural and low-income areas, lacked access to the proper equipment and internet speed to effectively learn and work from home... View Details