Crisis Response Plans - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

say. “We saw an opportunity to explore this rapidly evolving practice and develop new material that is both exciting for our students and relevant for practitioners.” Leadership: Execution & Action Planning (LEAP) Assistant Professor Ryan... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

03 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

The Supreme Court has spoken, and its ruling last Friday has evoked myriad responses from across the United States—from the far right to the far left, from small businesses to giant corporations, from pundits to the person on the street.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

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to plan your visit. Staff hired by HBS Research Staff Services. HBS Online participants: contact infoservices@hbs.edu to plan your visit. Researchers using National Endowment for the Humanities materials... View Details

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Harvard Business School Case 409-107 Bob Beall is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). CFF is an extremely successful organization, but Beall has to determine how to manage the organization through the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 2

Publication:American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2009
News

Noted & Quoted

18, 2009) “Google will have continuous challenges to major initiatives around consumer choice, security and trust, and privacy. ” — Professor David Yoffie, commenting on the legal and consumer backlash Google has encountered over plans to... View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

Aguirre, president of P&G's global feminine care division. Most companies believe that in times of crisis you have to drop your costs. That typically leads to erosion of consumer value because you actually erode your product... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

01 Dec 2011
News

Li & Fung's Global Footprint

West with Chinese-made goods, which is what we used to do in my grandfather’s days. Li & Fung has thrived as a low-cost export-driven company. Will that continue to be your business model? No. We actually think that China will not be as cheap as before. Its new... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

outline how to put such capabilities in place long before a crisis strikes. First, companies need to hone their teamwork and rapid problem-solving skills through practice. Second, they must learn to recognize weak signals, amplify the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2011
News

Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note

HBS entered fiscal 2010 with an aggressive plan to reduce costs in anticipation of a prolonged period of diminished revenue in the wake of the global financial crisis. But when the books closed last June, the School’s financial... View Details

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

Portrait Project

Omar A. Abou-Sayed

"Omar, in life you have been given every gift, have opened every door you could ever hope for," I was told recently by a friend I have know half my life, during an uncharacteristic crisis of confidence. "Your only problem... View Details

24 Jun 2016
News

Reinventing Pharma

2004) began her career as a research scientist. Eventually expanding her responsibilities into business development led her to HBS, where she hoped to solidify her understanding of the intersection of science and business. Following... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Sep 2007
News

Where Are They Now?

he notes, “I’ve learned that day-to-day interpersonal dynamics are just as material when you’re responsible for 10,000 people as when you’re in charge of only 10.” As for what drives his business-academia pas de deux, Schlesinger, who... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Oct 2001
News

Finding Their Way

The best-laid plans — even those designed and implemented by the remarkably talented alumni of HBS — are seldom immune to life's twists and turns. This is perhaps the overriding lesson that each member of the Class of 1976 has learned... View Details

Keywords: Management

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

Sitaraman, The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017) ORIGINAL COLUMN: There is increasing talk about stimulating $1 trillion in spending on the aging... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

01 Jun 2004
News

New MBA Leadership Course

design-team member and course head Lynn S. Paine, one of ten HBS faculty members who taught LCA this year. Paine explains that after a lengthy review of the first-year offerings on managers’ responsibilities that began in 2001, the... View Details

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

January 2025
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Netflix: Takedown Troubles

By: Clayton S. Rose, Tom Quinn and Maxim Pike Harrell

In October 2021, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent an all-staff email addressing backlash to comedian Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, The Closer. Released on October 5, the comedian’s depiction of the transgender community and other LGBTQ+ groups prompted... View Details

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01 Sep 2006
News

Redefining Health Care

PORTER: Health care's zero-sum competition model adds costs and results in severe quality problems. University professor Michael Porter never planned to write a book on health-care reform. In fact, he expected brickbats in View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2019
News

Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change

climate change, whether in companies that are mitigating its effects or preventing further damage.” She sees the climate change series as a great way to connect and engage HBS alumni, faculty, and students working on innovative solutions to the View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers

01 Jun 2020
News

All Hands on Deck

observes Dean Nitin Nohria, who deferred his plans to step down as dean until December in order to lead the School through this crisis “Every day, we must make key decisions amidst significant uncertainty... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

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