Risk Taking - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jun 2018
News

An Unfinished Story

ancestors—were willing to make to seek something better. Think about, especially, those early immigrants. They had no idea what they were setting forth into when they left their homes. They got on a ship, and they didn't know if they were going to fall off the end of... View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

Beyond what we can do as individuals to reduce our risks of exposure, are there objective measures employers can use to validate what is effective? The answer, fortunately, is yes. Many claims will be made over the next few weeks and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

digital assets are (they're not always obvious). A team of senior managers from across the company should take an inventory of data and systems, assess how valuable each is to the company, and decide how much View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Sep 2019
News

Hollywood Ending

into an $8 billion behemoth 10 years later, and most recently leading a massive turnaround at Hewlett-Packard—Whitman has left her beloved Bay Area for a stand-up desk in Hollywood’s media district. There she finds her phone and hotfoots it back to View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

Web

Online AI Course | HBS Online

diverse applications of AI, machine learning, predictive modeling, and data science Explore ethical AI-related challenges to implement it responsibly and manage risks Develop the skills and frameworks to shape your organization’s digital... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

integration begins to take on the appearance of a joint venture, and in some instances the partners have actually created new, jointly governed entities to carry out their collaboration. This stage of collaboration sometimes involves... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

01 Mar 2018
News

Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

Administration at HBS. “This program will help established leaders work more effectively with data science teams and understand how to use new data capabilities to drive strategic advantage.” Participants in HBAP take part in six new... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

An Authentic Leader

meeting the expectations of security analysts. What’s wrong with focusing on the short term? If you do it long enough, it will destroy long-term value. You stop investing in R&D, stop being innovative, stop expanding sales forces, stop expanding into markets, and stop... View Details

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

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

bankers’ preferred conditions exist there. Revenues are sketchy, exchange rate risk is real, political uncertainties abound, and expertise is thin. Yet projects get funded and built. Capital lessons What can be learned? First, direct... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

with the United States’ main trading partners--the European Union, China, and Japan. So far, however, the markets don’t seem very concerned about that, perhaps because the power of the president has limitations or perhaps because the markets think that this where the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

11 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

time-driven ABC projects pay back in less than a year. It's quite impressive to take companies with millions of transactions and customers, and be able to prepare detailed and accurate profit and loss statements, at various levels of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

the superportable market seemed the right choice for the Kittyhawk. But it wasn't. Kittyhawk did not succeed in either the ultrathin laptop or in the PDA market. When the PDA market failed first to materialize in the early 1990s—the market for handheld devices did not... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

best-selling business fable, Who Moved My Cheese? offered its answer to the question: accept that change is inevitable and beyond your control, don't waste your time wondering why things are the way they are, keep your head down, and start looking for the cheese. I... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

across the country. It is no surprise to most that human activities are taking a toll on the composition of Earth’s atmosphere. These changes have been linked to not only adverse reactions in environmental systems, but also significant... View Details

Web

From Brainstorm to Breakthrough: HBS IT Hackathon Inspires AI Innovations | Information Technology

learn and work with AI. While the event was designed as a fun exploration of AI tool use cases, some teams went on to further develop their projects and integrate them into their work. In this article, we'll spotlight three examples of teams View Details

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

senior researcher, and Daniel Curran, director of the Humanitarian Leadership Program at HBS. Participants drew up a long list of supply-chain characteristics that help determine the degree to which an HIV/AIDS treatment program can take... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

easier answer than yes. The cynics and the critics can look really smart because it's possible to poke holes in anything. I decided to take a risk by being positive. It's possible to get attention by being... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

firms such as Elliot and Dart as "vultures" or "rouge creditors" who sought to profit on sovereign debt restructurings at the expense of countries suffering economic hardship and of the majority of bondholders whose cooperation allowed the... View Details