Wind - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

in the financial system, why do these moments seem to catch monetary policymakers off guard? Hanson offers two reasons: It’s hard to predict exactly when disaster will strike. Like the drought and high winds that portend a wildfire,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

stronger, more durable system, private capital would take the "first loss" in the event of a housing market downturn. After a multiyear transition period, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should wind down. Unlike the past, the... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

of the current CEO, Anders Eldrup, the company had become an energy group, present in all steps of the gas and oil value chain and particular, in the EU market leader in offshore wind energy. As a developer and operator of View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

back production levels and funding for strategic initiatives until sales recover, or should it continue to invest for the future? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111049-PDF-ENG The Fox Island Wind Project (B)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Fixing Price Tag Confusion

can firms do to prevent it? A: When you go buy a toy at the store, the only cost that stands out is the price you pay for the toy, not the coins you put in the parking meter near the store's window. If you buy toys online, you might wind... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

with a duopoly, no operating system ends up exploiting fully its potential because developers' efforts wind up divided between the two systems. However, with a monopoly, the efforts to develop new software and improve the platform are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

genetically modified corn to manufacture it, and only consumers in locations with municipal composting facilities could compost this packaging. Most of the company’s compostable plastic would wind up in landfills, or even worse, consumers... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

22 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

daughter, and it faced the bracing, debilitating winds besetting the entire magazine and newspaper industry. Linda Johnson Rice now had to decide what to do with the company’s publications and brands. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Sep 2020
Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

GAAP can wind up in jail or pay hefty fines. Its accounting principles are derived from an exhaustive public process overseen by experts in measurement, not like the stakeholders of present “transparency” who are interested in protecting... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

Massachusetts, there has been considerable controversy regarding the building of wind turbines on Cape Cod—a situation I describe in a case study I've written. But no matter what happens there, only about 1.9 percent of all our electric... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

and services with innovative approaches to climate adaptation and mitigation, there is another important step. Pay attention to quality and safety. It takes just one electric vehicle catching on fire, wind turbine blade falling off at an... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

short-term debt financing, an attractive source of funding in good times but an accelerant of financial crises when things go bad. And we're getting closer to adopting a "resolution regime" that could enable regulators to wind... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

way the wind is blowing. It also helps prevent you from running after individual problems that may not be significant in the aggregate. The transactional data gives the detail behind the relationship." It helps you pinpoint specific... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything

across the sands of the Sahara, it is formally located in Tunisia, or Algeria, or Libya, depending on to whom you talk or which way the winds are blowing. It is an ancient place, Partenia, a remnant of a world that hardly anyone can even... View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

you'll find that very few actually wind up in the industrial sector, which had been the focus of the long-standing Business Policy course. When Kim Clark became Dean, he stressed that entrepreneurship—the pursuit of opportunity beyond the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

the violators? First off, the monetary amounts at stake are often small—tens or hundreds of dollars in licensing fees. Is it worth the time, cost, and effort to send a bunch of settlement request letters? Second, few of these types of digital copyright infringements... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Esty's book, Green to Gold), such as General Electric's push into wind and solar power. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Bank of America are among those adding environmental criteria to loan analyses. Venture capitalists like Kleiner... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

17 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?

the mass merchants have gone after the middle class, but as income bifurcation happens and the middle class tends to disappear, you don't have the disposable income to take advantage of. In just about any category it is really difficult to go after the middle, so you... View Details