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Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

States severely affected the flow of goods, manufacturing, and job growth in Europe and Asia. Stock markets plunged, resulting in the worst economic downturn in global markets since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Major debt crises... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

First, the Navy has to buttress its billions of dollars of shoreline assets against rising sea levels. Second, it has to plan to be called on more often to address both military threats and humanitarian crises caused by climate change. In... View Details

04 May 2009
Working Paper Summaries

An Ounce of Prevention: The Power of Public Risk Management in Stabilizing the Financial System

Keywords: by David A. Moss; Banking; Financial Services

January 2008 (Revised January 2008)
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Two Brattle Center: A Mental-Health Clinic in Search of a Viable Operating Model

By: Robert G. Eccles

Two Brattle Center (TBC) is a struggling for-profit private mental health clinic based in Harvard Square. Its founder, Dr. Joan Wheelis, is a nationally recognized practicing psychiatrist who has developed outpatient treatment programs based on Dialectical Behavior... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Nonprofit Organizations; Emotions; Health Industry; United States

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Data - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

this space as we will be regularly updating our data page with new datasets as we make progress. Last Data Update: March 2022 Themes Measuring Sentiment & Expectations Sentiment & Expectations Data Global Crises Data By Country Global... View Details

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Creating the Modern Financial System

By: David A. Moss

Creating the Modern Financial System offers a vital perspective on finance and the financial system by exploring the historical development of key financial instruments and institutions worldwide. The premise of the course is that students will gain a richer and... View Details

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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12 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

vulnerability A series of major crises and surprises over the past few years raised concerns of the potential fragility of sprawling supply chains for both companies and governments. The rethinking extends beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

Program

Value Creation Through Effective Boards

global governance challenges affect the business Improve governance processes relating to strategy, risk management, integrity, and oversight Prepare your board to react to crises and deal with exposure to risks Expand your personal and... View Details

06 Oct 2016
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Edward Fertik, Yale University

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The Forgotten Real Estate Boom - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

of our current subprime mortgage collapse, economists and historians interested in the role of real estate markets in past financial crises are reexamining the relationship of the first asset-price bubble of the 1920s with the later stock... View Details

23 May 2005
Research & Ideas

What Could Bring Globalization Down?

am not sure waves are the right natural-world image here. I would prefer to think of events such as forest fires or earthquakes—sudden crises arising from the advent of what scientists call "criticality." Q: What other... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

circumstances or crises that elicit from individuals leadership abilities that even they didn't know they had." "Every one of us has experiences, but we aren't all open to learning from those experiences in the same way," says Nitin... View Details

Keywords: Management

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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

historical database of banking, stock market, and currency crises with data on over 60 countries back to 1800. Please visit our data page for visualizations and data downloads, organized by topic. You may also be interested in the Harvard... View Details

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

flexibility to deal with unexpected scenarios or combinations of scenarios. This is important because real crises rarely directly match planning scenarios. If response options aren't flexible and modularized, novel events or combinations... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

21 May 2024
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What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year

institutions in times of need, such as organized crime, churches, and family networks. In my research, I find evidence that when these non-state institutions are politicized, such as is the case with many Evangelical churches in Brazil, economic View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Skydeck - Alumni

and the Unicorn Why Silicon Valley is at risk of losing it startup dominance—and what that could mean for the future of innovation The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises HBS alumni on lessons learned from navigating difficult... View Details

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Project, have made tremendous strides in predicting financial market crashes, panics, and crises. Participants left this session understanding the state of the art in identifying financial market bubbles, and how predictable... View Details

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Profiles - MBA

2023 Cohort 4 Siona Prasad "I believe that technology has an immense potential to fight medical challenges, combat environmental crises and improve overarching public health systems. I've had the chance to be a part of research... View Details

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