Risk Taking - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2006
News

William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958

boy, Bill Donaldson went on to cofound the investment banking firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. After fourteen years there, he began to take on a series of other leadership challenges in business, government, and academia. Most... View Details

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

company's long-term success. And Job's track record is hit or miss, he says. Take Apple's return to investors. Yoffie says that if you invested a dollar in Apple in 1992, it would be worth $.79 today. The S&P 500 over that same time... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 15

http://harvardbusiness.org/search/510030/ Eddie Bauer (A) Harvard Business School Case 110-008 In June 2005, Eddie Bauer, the specialty apparel retailer, emerged from bankruptcy. Under the plan of reorganization former creditors converted their debt into common shares,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

it was protected from liability, Walmart failed to act on Elmburg's proposal. The explosions continued. The basic problem with the Blitz gas cans is that when gas is poured from them, there is a risk that gasoline vapors will connect with... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

That’s when the courage to take risks came out—because I was so excited about what I was doing.” —JH Ganesh Natarajan Unleashing Employee Potential “It’s not really a textbook leadership style,” Natarajan... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

at certain points in my career but only in hours, never in responsibilities. My advice is to always take the promotion or new job and then figure out how to make it work. Once you have the job, you can redefine it as needed. Women in... View Details

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

There were a whole lot of risk factors in the Great Recession that contributed to the collapse: It was availability of credit to subprime borrowers, the syndication of these mortgages in the residential mortgage-backed securities market,... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

16 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

providers who have the scale, experience, teams and facilities to achieve excellent results. To move to a value-based approach to employee health benefits, employers must take a number of essential steps. The first is to mount an... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health

11 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

sharper national identities. The interwar disintegration of the international economy also led to the national subsidiaries of multinationals taking on strong local identities. Over the past two decades, as the pace of globalization... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

association. These [African] governments have so few resources. If you wait for the government to do it and advocate that the government does it, it's going to take a long time. The private sector can step in and fill some of these gaps.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

also learned how difficult it was to get even great ideas off the laboratory bench and into the military 'marketplace.'" 28 Doriot sought out research taking place in universities such as the Harvard Fatigue Lab (housed on the HBS campus... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

Rethinking the MBA

David Garvin and research associate Patrick Cullen. The title isn’t just a rhetorical flourish. Deans and executives alike take issue with what and how students are taught, revealing a number of shortcomings that the authors argue point... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

28 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 28

exchange for taking on the risk of young companies in uncertain environments, venture capitalists receive board level oversight privileges, which range from approval of budgets and advice on product... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

The 3 Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader, Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill and former executive Kent Lineback discuss the steps to take and the roadblocks to avoid in order to meet that challenge. Is Groupon Good for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

06 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 6

approaches that redesign specific incentives, tasks, and decisions to reduce temptations to cheat in the environment. This paper explores how these approaches can change behavior. We argue that integrating both approaches while avoiding incompatible strategies can... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

results illustrate how firms redesign their organizational structure through a set of complementary choices in response to changes in their environment. We discuss several possible interpretations of these changes. Managing Risk in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2024
News

Solving the Underemployment Crisis

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

majority of votes cast to be elected; mandates the creation of a board risk committee; and forces companies to split the CEO and board chairman positions. "The leadership at some of the nation's most renowned companies took too many... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

please, stand up and turn around. Take a moment now to show everyone gathered here today how much their love mattered to you, and how much they mean to you. Please join me in a heartfelt round of applause. I’ve had the privilege of... View Details

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

phenomenon. Specifically, we restricted the comparative advantages of each as follows. Content from iTunes is legally sold at positive prices and downloads are immediate; downloads on p2p are illegal and can take many hours (or even days)... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

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