Costs Of Financial Distress - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

flexible and strategic, but value is created in proximity and in phasing. Uses need to be near each other for both economic competitiveness and to save the environmental costs of long car transit. Without... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How an Order Views Your Company

profitable parts of their business. It also enabled them to segment different types of order to improve their efficiency. Taken together, the improvements in efficiency and the greater focus on highly... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

advertising agency's decision to unbundle its services as a tradeoff between the fixed cost to the advertiser of establishing and maintaining a relationship with an advertising agency and pecuniary economies... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Dec 2008
What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

"greed and corruption helped create the crisis, ... simple human frailty played a vital role." They suggest providing incentives to make financial products easier, not more difficult, to understand. This would involve, among... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

of the study. "Already we’re seeing how generative AI can change people's lives." Businesses that were already financially stable used the AI-generated advice to produce measurable improvements, while... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

financial projections for the firm. Profitability analysis begins with calculating the revenue the firm will generate from sales of its products. Then, an analysis of variable... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

opportunity to differentiate the company and its products. It can also elicit positive reactions from government officials and regulators on important business issues. Q: It's clear that nonprofits get financial benefits from partnering... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

Gilbert Gilbert: The same problem exists today. We have just talked to a large financial services firm that has spent millions of dollars building a formal resource allocation system, yet all their efforts... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

that restructuring addresses is very large—in the billions of dollars possibly. My research at companies suggests there are three primary motivations for restructuring. The first is the need to address poor View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

the cost of investment in developing countries by at least 20 percent. And yet, companies are mostly silent on the subject. "The thing that struck me is how little information there is on corruption because... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages

stop to unemployment benefits slashed the incomes of the vast majority of those who were cut off and crimped overall spending in local economies, says Raymond Kluender, an assistant professor in the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

conditions in the world today: the declining capabilities of government, the massive size and increasing sophistication of the global financial markets, and the impacts View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

that their leaders have a realistic, rational, and focused path to the future. 2. How well are we treating the people who are being laid off? Intuit’s blog is worth reading for the care it demonstrates for the feelings and well-being of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

01 May 2000
What Do You Think?

Can You Hard-Wire Performance?

Boeing and by selling time rather than engines—up-time, that is. The deal guaranteed that GE would keep the engines running for a quoted cost per hour, providing whatever parts, service, and related support might be needed over the life... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

each warrants. A bank, for instance, might assign the greatest amount of protection to the database that stores its customers' financial information. For a pharmaceutical company, it might be the research... View Details

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

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

And when you have a whole lot of money, prices adjust up. "Boise, Idaho, had the strongest appreciation of any housing market in the United States." We’ve seen similar factors here, but there are some... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

put up to $4 billion per year into high-growth companies. And it does so at no cost to taxpayers. "This public-private partnership is a good example of government and the private sector working... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services; Financial Services

13 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

expectations for clinicians include a healthy balance between volume and value. Without proper boundaries, a short-sighted response to volume maximization, even when justified as much-needed access expansion, will likely come at the cost... View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

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