recovery - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them

Keywords: by Kevin J. Murphy & Michael C. Jensen

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

http://hbr.org/search/713085-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-078 America's Budget Impasse In the spring of 2013, Barak Obama faced a difficult budgetary challenge-reducing fiscal deficits over 10 years without dampening the weak economic View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

02 Jan 2024
What Do You Think?

Do Boomerang CEOs Get a Bad Rap?

come back to organizations with robust performance records to begin with. And, as is the case in any study of this kind, there is always the unanswerable question of how the organization might have performed under a non-boomerang CEO during the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

meanwhile, managed a startling recovery from its five-year slump. The company’s third-quarter sales increased by more than 5 percent over last year, and in August online revenue showed especially high growth of a whopping 41 percent—the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

of a manufacturing plant—preferably one with a lot of heavy equipment. It's the backdrop for the message that a turnaround in American manufacturing employment (which is occurring, whatever the reason) is essential to the social as well as economic View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

10 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

for now, could inflation continue to spiral? Not necessarily, Cavallo says, although he cautions that recovery could take a while. “Even if the supply disruptions ended today, our results show that the price impact tends to last for many... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

14 Feb 2023
HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

inflation that’s plaguing other nations, resulting partly from the COVID recovery and Russia’s Ukraine invasion. “In a tightly knit society, education plays a crucial role in creating a sense of national, collective identity, and that’s... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

iStockphoto/SergeyChayko] Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery Are companies reponsible for their employees' well-being? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2020
Discussion Paper

Acting Now While Preparing for Tomorrow: Competitiveness Upgrading Under the Shadow of COVID-19

By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Peter Clinch

This paper aims to provide policy makers, especially those focused on the longer-term growth potential of their countries, with an initial framework to think about their action priorities in the context of the overall COVID-19 response. Our focus is on the... View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; COVID-19 Pandemic; Competition; Government Administration; Health Pandemics; Economy; Supply Chain; Safety

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26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

reducing the salesforce. Instead of cutting staff, however, Watanabe took the opposite approach, reassuring employees the company would do everything it could to retain jobs, deliver health and emotional support to victims, and contribute to the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

burnout started to percolate. "Generation X entered the workforce after the tumultuous economic recovery of the 1970s and enjoyed the roaring ‘90s, only to experience the dot.com bust, followed by the financial crisis in 2008.” Generation... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

insights and practices as pandemic recovery plans are developed. Consider these five elements of organizational decision-making: information gathering; strategy; combining long-term thinking with short-term actions; clear communication... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

24 Jan 2011
HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

particularly since it can also be taught as an example of managing the postcrisis recovery of a flagship corporate brand. No Clear Answer The question of why the Taj employees demonstrated such loyalty elicited a variety of responses from... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

enormous value for all its stakeholders. Bill George is Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School, former Chair & CEO of Medtronic, and author of Discover Your True North. Related Reading: A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World Excellence Comes From... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

expansion of the world economy prompted a recovery in the growth rate of world FDI. The system of international cartels was dismantled. By 1960 the world stock of FDI had reached $60 billion. By 1980 it was over $500 billion. These were... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

valuations of the company. Since the restructuring plan proposed to give creditors a substantial amount of new common stock, their relative financial recoveries depended materially on what the firm, and this stock, was ultimately worth.... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies

eliminates the need to open the rib cage, a procedure that leads to much of the pain and extended recovery time of traditional heart surgery. The benefits of MICS may be clear, but it was the challenges of implementing it— especially the... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

27 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

steps could help most R&D-centric companies: Create recall recovery teams. A specialized group of managers with deep knowledge about a company’s products and the recall process might keep a company from diverting time and resources... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

be devoted to thinking about modes of recovery that might support responses to a number of potential Black Swans? For example, almost every Black Swan will have some kind of extreme effect on demand for nearly all goods and services. In... View Details