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- March 2012
- Article
Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Matthew Weinzierl
The United States is on a glide path to fiscal disaster, with experts projecting that the federal government will take in far less money than it spends-indefinitely. Our current fiscal policy is eroding competitiveness in several ways, and business conditions in the... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Government and Politics; Financial Crisis; Policy; Competition; Public Administration Industry; United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Matthew Weinzierl. "Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- 2010
- Report
Nordic Globalization Barometer 2010
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The 2010 Nordic Globalization Barometer, the third in this series, is again designed to serve as input to the discussions of the five Nordic Prime Ministers (representing Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) at the Nordic Globalization Forum. In its first... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Competition; Research and Development; Policy; Financial Crisis; Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Norway; China
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Nordic Globalization Barometer 2010." Report Series, Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen, 2010.
- February 1990
- Supplement
Ashland Oil, Inc.: Trouble at Floreffe (D)
Addresses repercussions of the accident on the company including ongoing clean-up efforts, litigation, and organizational changes. View Details
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Ashland Oil, Inc.: Trouble at Floreffe (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 390-020, February 1990.
- 10 Dec 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
The Probability of Rare Disasters: Estimation and Implications
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (TN) (A), (B), and (C)
By: Clayton Rose and Sally Canter Ganzfried
Teaching Note for 311-005, 311-006, and 311-007. View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Podcast
Can AI and analytics deliver efficient, equitable skills markets?
As employers and job seekers cope with pandemic-induced disruption and uncertainty, the role of intermediary is more crucial than ever. Job platform CareerBuilder, with its two-sided skills market, looks to smooth the employment process and increase diversity. CEO... View Details
- 17 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
- 09 Apr 2020
- News
“Raise the Line”
on six continents, and the company has an ambitious goal of 50 million over the next year and 1 billion by 2025. Gaglani’s experience with Osmosis offers him a unique perspective on the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on the medical field.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Capitalism.” Not a word was mentioned about the credit disaster facing our nation today. The article stresses the remarkable recent prosperity of capitalism, and points out some concerns. It does not speak to the abuses of the mortgage industry that led to the credit... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 12 May 2016
- Webinars: Career
Adding Resilience to Your Career Toolkit
How can we handle adversity in our lives, whether it is the day-to-day stressors we face or major turbulence that hits us periodically? According to Professor Joshua Margolis, it is possible to build resilience by taking charge of how one both thinks about and reacts... View Details
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
people are more likely to endorse a more aggressive, masculine leader—for example, Winston Churchill—to take action. But a pandemic is not a war and framing it as a warlike threat may hinder effective action. An infectious disease threat is a different kind of View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- July–August 2013
- Article
Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue
By: Faaiza Rashid, Amy C. Edmondson and Herman B. Leonard
Three years ago, when a cave-in at the San José mine in Chile trapped 33 men under 700,000 metric tons of rock, experts estimated the probability of getting them out alive at less than 1%. Yet, after spending a record 69 days underground, all 33 were hoisted up to... View Details
Rashid, Faaiza, Amy C. Edmondson, and Herman B. Leonard. "Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue." Harvard Business Review 91, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2013): 113–119.
- January 1999 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Rich-Con Steel
One month after "going live" with a new information system, Rich-Con Steel is in crisis. The new system was intended to give the company basic visibility and control over its business processes, but instead, visibility and control appear to have evaporated. Marty... View Details
McAfee, Andrew P. "Rich-Con Steel." Harvard Business School Case 699-133, January 1999. (Revised March 2003.)
- 09 Dec 2020
- Podcast
Udacity’s skills play: Closing the loop on demand and supply
As jobs give way to skills as units of work, training is following suit. Udacity’s relationships with Fortune 500 companies, universities, and national governments inform its practical online training in technical and business skills. CEO Gabriel Dalporto discusses... View Details
- 17 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Ethics in Globalization
capitalism in general, and the financial crisis in particular. The current financial crisis has raised questions about the legitimacy of capitalism. Ethical failures certainly played a role. While it remains... View Details
Keywords: Re: Rafael M. Di Tella
- Jul 2014
- Working Paper
The State of Small Business Lending: Credit Access During the Recovery and How Technology May Change the Game
been slow to recover from a recession and credit crisis that hit them especially hard. This lag has prompted the question, "Is there a credit gap in small business lending?" This paper compiles and analyzes the current state of... View Details
- November 1987 (Revised March 1993)
- Background Note
Global Semiconductor Industry--1987
By: David B. Yoffie
In 1987, the global semiconductor industry was coming out of the deepest recession in its 40 year history. The note examines the competitive dynamics of this industry over time, the nature of its technology, and the sources of competitive advantage. The role of buyer... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Globalization; Crisis Management; Consumer Behavior; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Technology; Semiconductor Industry
Yoffie, David B. "Global Semiconductor Industry--1987." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-052, November 1987. (Revised March 1993.)
- Web
Corporate Reports Collection | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Lehman Brothers Timeline Sept-Oct 2008 Video-Coverage of the Financial Crisis Download the Exhibition Catalog (PDF) Lehman Brothers Archives Lehman Brothers Deal Books Search Exhibition Lehman Brothers - Introduction 1840s – 1880s General... View Details
- February 2016 (Revised February 2018)
- Case
Weathering the Storm at NYU Langone Medical Center
By: Robert S. Huckman, Raffaella Sadun and Michael Norris
In the fall of 2012, Hurricane Sandy forced a full evacuation of NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. The institution, which comprised NYU Medical School and several teaching hospitals, had been on an upward trajectory for several years under the leadership of... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Technology; Culture; Information Technology; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
Huckman, Robert S., Raffaella Sadun, and Michael Norris. "Weathering the Storm at NYU Langone Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 616-026, February 2016. (Revised February 2018.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Who Selected Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? Evidence from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finances
We find evidence that households selecting adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) during the recent decade were disproportionately those who were less suspicious or who may have had difficulty understanding complicated ARM features that became commonplace prior to the... View Details
Bergstresser, Daniel B., and John Beshears. "Who Selected Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? Evidence from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-083, March 2010.