Costs Of Financial Distress - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

development. The multiple measures will typically include both financial and non-financial measures that are leading and lagging indicators of performance. They may be used in a balanced scorecard,... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

staff—all of this costs money, Frei said. Commerce Bank pays for it by paying lower rates on deposits compared to the giant banks. "Think about it," she told the group. "Would you trade half a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities

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

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Research Symposium 2014

to favor this experienced view." He cited the example of several meetings in the year 2000, during which the Financial Accounting Standards Board was hashing out rules regarding mergers and acquisitions. At... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

out the costs of leaving the EU, citizens have not heard a forward-looking plan on how the country could leverage EU membership more effectively in the future, if the country would decide to stay. The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

and Asia would allow rapid growth in its new apparel lines, as well as permit significant cost economies. Thus, the company embarked on its first major diversification program in thirty years by broadening its offerings under the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

taking a hint from the reinsurance industry, which runs on risk assessment and which faces financial hits in the wake of any climate-related event. Frank Nutter, president of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

exercises become increasingly complex, involving multiple parties with varying interests. For example, when a chief financial officer and a marketing person are involved in negotiations, the CFO is naturally focused on keeping View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

08 May 2020
In Practice

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

administration. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Get involved in any way you can Stay engaged. Accelerate financial contributions that you might have made later. Ask where the greatest needs are, and see if you have other ways to offer support,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

they are able to extract for themselves. Jet engine manufacturers, for example, typically sell their wares at little or no cost but generate substantial revenue from lucrative maintenance contracts. Monitoring relationship health, the... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

the person who was best suited to lead the early stage of company development is no longer the best person to continue leading the company. Now, the product has to be sold: You have to create a sales organization, manage multiple... View Details

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

monitor my investments as often as I like, and that I can perform all kinds of financial transactions from my home computer at a fraction of the View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

03 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment

Donald Trump has not issued an official platform on student debt, although he has referenced reducing college costs and lowering interest rates on student loans. Hillary Clinton has offered a variety of... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Education

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

digital platform, and the increased fiscal pressures created by the worldwide economic crisis. Unfortunately, the educational programs for future health care leaders fail to provide many of the needed skills, according to a survey View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

competing on the basis of discounts, U.S. carmakers need to get to the point where people want to buy their cars. —Stefan Thomke Although the Big 3 (or maybe the Big 2, after Chrysler's merger with Daimler) continue to dominate the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

wrote in the forthcoming book, Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment during the Reform Era, to be published in October 2002 by Cambridge University Press, a complete picture of FDI in China needs to acknowledge how China's View Details