Risk Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: January 15

the risks associated with it. The aim of the meeting was to outline four scenarios for the future that could help managers assess what key success factors and actions were required for coping with the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

mandate and management of international trade negotiations. Historically, legitimacy for GATT and later the WTO was understood to derive from expanding membership and success at major trade round negotiations. In the past decade, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312029-PDF-ENG Willy Jacobsohn and Beiersdorf: Managing Expropriation and Anti-Semitism Geoffrey G. Jones and Christina LubinskiHarvard Business School Case 811-060 This case examines the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Aug 2016
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August 9, 2016

forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion By: Wolf, Elizabeth Baily, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah, and Alison Wood Brooks Abstract—Expressing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2006
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Banking on Success

success: “It’s all about having the best systems, the best people, the best products, and the best risk controls,” he told Fortune (April 3, 2006). Since arriving at JPMorgan, Dimon has driven down costs, consolidated systems, and... View Details

Keywords: Management

01 Mar 2007
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Security Chief

Parker Imagine having a conversation with the head of HR that goes something like this: Over the past several years with the company, I’ve helped turn around an ailing division. Now I’d like to try my hand at managing a growth business.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Management; Management

16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16

integrated services to corporate clients in 2001, JLL created Corporate Solutions, a group that aimed to draw connections between JLL's semi-autonomous service lines. Despite initial success, by 2005 the group was finding it challenging to foster integration. Account... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

open-minded and approachable person who can take the lead. What Are Key Enterprise Risk Management Strategies? Business Summit: Enterprise Risk View Details

Keywords: by Staff

15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract This paper provides the first formal model of business model innovation.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
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Ask the Expert: Disaster Master

short-term objectives with long-term sustainability. The probability of disaster is relatively low, but the impact can be very significant, so you definitely have to be proactive by building awareness of risk, conducting annual risk... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2018
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What I Do: Philippe Hellich (MBA 1996)

Founded in Sweden in 1943, IKEA is the world’s largest furniture retailer, outfitting dorm rooms and designer homes around the globe. A company that engages nearly a billion customers every year and employs over 194,000 workers in 49 countries has plenty of upside... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work

through a day on the job to find out: Mardie Oakes, an HBS Service Leadership Fellow at Boston Community Capital, a community development financial institution, and Paul Sternhell, an entry-level manager at Samsung Electronics. Cookies... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Jun 2008
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Faculty Research Online

advertising, particularly for determined adversaries. In this Q&A, Assistant Professor Ben Edelman, who designs electronic markets, explains how contract terms can be managed to both reduce advertisers’ View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

06 Dec 2021
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Truth Be Told

Image by John Ritter In 2018, HBS associate professors Aiyesha Dey and Jonas Heese wrote a case about a whistleblower at a multi-national gambling company who exposed financial misstatements, first to his manager and later to the US... View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

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Media

This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward

more likely to have an entrepreneur in the family. There are a couple of reasons why that might be, but most of the evidence seems to point to the fact that it’s not about people having the funds to start a business, it’s about the risk... View Details

Keywords: April White; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

02 Dec 2010
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Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs

turn difficult. 6. Manage risk and don’t spend needlessly. Successful entrepreneurs focus on managing their risks to the point where launching a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management; Management; Management

01 Jun 2005
News

Cultural Revolution at GE

bottom-line results to one fixated on risk taking and creativity. Immelt is convinced that the company’s future lies in creating a culture that fosters blockbuster ideas and world-class marketing. “It’s a different era,” he explained to... View Details

Keywords: GE; General Electric; Jack Welch; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing