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- October 6, 2017
- Article
How Deep Personal Crises Turned a President, an Escaped Slave, a Polar Explorer, an Environmental Crusader, and a Nazi Resister into Iconic Leaders
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "How Deep Personal Crises Turned a President, an Escaped Slave, a Polar Explorer, an Environmental Crusader, and a Nazi Resister into Iconic Leaders." LinkedIn Pulse (October 6, 2017).
- September 9, 2016
- Article
Command under Attack: What We've Learned Since 9/11 about Managing Crises
By: Dutch Leonard, Arnold M. Howitt, Christine M. Cole and Joseph W. Pfeifer
Leonard, Dutch, Arnold M. Howitt, Christine M. Cole, and Joseph W. Pfeifer. "Command under Attack: What We've Learned Since 9/11 about Managing Crises." The Conversation (September 9, 2016).
- 2015
- Working Paper
Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding Financial Institutions
By: Robert C. Merton and Robert T. Thakor
Financial institutions have both investors and customers. Investors, such as those who invest in stocks and bonds or private/public-sector guarantors of institutions, expect an appropriate risk-adjusted return in exchange for the financing and risk-bearing that they...
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Keywords:
Financial Institutions
Merton, Robert C., and Robert T. Thakor. "Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding Financial Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21258, June 2015.
- December 2014 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Bhutan: Governing for Happiness
By: Sophus A. Reinert, Thomas Humphrey and Benjamin Safran
Unique among the world’s countries, the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan had abandoned the traditional policy goal of increasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in favor of pursuing Gross National Happiness (GNH). Famously, Bhutan ranked highly on lists of the happiest...
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Reinert, Sophus A., Thomas Humphrey, and Benjamin Safran. "Bhutan: Governing for Happiness." Harvard Business School Case 715-024, December 2014. (Revised May 2019.)
- October 2014 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
A Currency We Can Call Our Own: Populism, Banking Crises, and Exchange Rate Crises in Argentina, 1946–2002
By: Rafael Di Tella
The case describes Argentina's struggle to establish a credible monetary system under populist pressures and the recurrent use of exchange rate stabilization plans. It focuses on two episodes where there was "too little money" in the economy: during the hyperinflation...
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Keywords:
Debt Crisis;
Hyperinflation;
Financial Crisis;
Inflation and Deflation;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael. "A Currency We Can Call Our Own: Populism, Banking Crises, and Exchange Rate Crises in Argentina, 1946–2002." Harvard Business School Case 715-019, October 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
- Winter 2014
- Article
The Art of Strategic Renewal
By: Andy Binns, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly and Michael L. Tushman
In recent years, we have seen well-established companies such as Kodak, Blockbuster, Nokia, and BlackBerry pushed to the brink by smart competitors and changes in their industries. In each case, there were opportunities to act before a crisis engulfed the organization....
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Binns, Andy, J. Bruce Harreld, Charles A. O'Reilly, and Michael L. Tushman. "The Art of Strategic Renewal." MIT Sloan Management Review 55, no. 2 (Winter 2014): 21–23.
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The Profits of Power: Commerce and Realpolitik in Eurasia
By: Rawi Abdelal
Although the energy trade is the single most important element of nearly all European countries' relations with Russia, Europe has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national...
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Keywords:
Performance;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Profit;
Framework;
Corporate Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Policy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Crisis Management;
Government and Politics;
Energy Industry;
Europe;
Russia;
France;
Germany;
Italy
Abdelal, Rawi. "The Profits of Power: Commerce and Realpolitik in Eurasia." Review of International Political Economy 20, no. 3 (June 2013): 421–456.
- March 2013
- Teaching Note
Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble
In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the...
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- 2012
- Article
Working Together in Crises
By: Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch", and Arnold M. Howitt. "Working Together in Crises." Crisis Response Journal 7, no. 4 (2012): 50–51.
- June 2012
- Case
Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A) (Abridged)
By: Michael L. Tushman and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Josef Felder, CEO of Zurich Airport, faces several crises as he tries to transform the Airport from a slow-moving, conflict-ridden, government-owned entity into a privatized, world-class airport.
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Leading Change;
Crisis Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
State Ownership;
Privatization;
Air Transportation Industry
Tushman, Michael L., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 412-145, June 2012.
- March 2012
- Article
The Incentive Bubble
By: Mihir Desai
The past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea—that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers, high-powered incentive contracts for...
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Keywords:
Economic Systems;
Financial Markets;
Executive Compensation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Corporate Governance;
Equality and Inequality;
Human Capital;
United States
Desai, Mihir. "The Incentive Bubble." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- August 2011
- Supplement
InnoCentive.com (C)
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric Lonstein
InnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. This case focuses on the outcome of InnoCentive's decision to post challenges related to environmental issues created by the Gulf Oil Spill. It reviews...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Networks;
Decisions;
Outcome or Result;
Pollutants;
Natural Disasters;
Natural Environment;
Japan
Lakhani, Karim R., and Eric Lonstein. "InnoCentive.com (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 612-027, August 2011.
- June 2011
- Case
Steering Monetary Policy Through Unprecedented Crises
By: David Moss and Cole Bolton
In early April 2008, economic conditions in Europe appeared to be deteriorating on almost all fronts: sales figures were falling, business and consumer confidence were slumping, forecasts for European growth were being revised downward, and inflation was rising. In...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Financial Crisis;
Inflation and Deflation;
Financial Institutions;
Interest Rates;
Policy
Moss, David, and Cole Bolton. "Steering Monetary Policy Through Unprecedented Crises." Harvard Business School Case 711-048, June 2011.
- Article
Are Crises Good for Long-term Growth? The Role of Political Institutions
By: Alberto Cavallo and Eduardo Cavallo
This paper provides empirical evidence for the importance of institutions in determining the outcome of crises on long-term growth. We show that once unobserved country-specific effects and other sources of endogeneity are accounted for, political institutions affect...
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Keywords:
Growth;
Democracy;
Macroeconomics;
Growth and Development;
Financial Crisis;
Economic Growth;
Government and Politics
Cavallo, Alberto, and Eduardo Cavallo. "Are Crises Good for Long-term Growth? The Role of Political Institutions." Journal of Macroeconomics 32, no. 3 (September 2010): 838–857.
- March 2010
- Article
Sudden Stops: Determinants and Output Effects in the First Era of Globalization, 1880–1913
By: Michael D. Bordo, Alberto Cavallo and Christopher Meissner
We study the determinants and output effects of sudden stops in capital inflows during an era of intensified globalization from 1880 to 1913. Higher levels of exposure to foreign currency debt and large current account deficits associated with reliance on foreign...
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Keywords:
Sudden Stops;
Capital Flows;
Economics;
Macroeconomics;
Economic Growth;
Financial Crisis;
Globalization;
History
Bordo, Michael D., Alberto Cavallo, and Christopher Meissner. "Sudden Stops: Determinants and Output Effects in the First Era of Globalization, 1880–1913." Journal of Development Economics 91, no. 2 (March 2010): 227–241.
- December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Neoprene
By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes
In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Business History;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Development;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Science-Based Business;
Commercialization;
Chemical Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Felipe Tamega Fernandes. "Neoprene." Harvard Business School Case 810-084, December 2009. (Revised April 2012.)
- November 2009
- Case
The HLB Turnaround
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Bhaskar Chakravorti and Laura Winig
Ford Pearson has recently taken over as CEO of HLB, a Chicago-based product design and development firm (and once one of the largest in the business), to help turn it around after a series of crises that had seriously threatened its survival. Pearson has personally...
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Keywords:
Business Organization;
Business or Company Management;
Private Equity;
Restructuring;
Product Design;
Corporate Finance
Applegate, Lynda M., Bhaskar Chakravorti, and Laura Winig. "The HLB Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 810-023, November 2009.
- 2009
- Chapter
The Principles of Embedded Liberalism: Social Legitimacy and Global Capitalism
By: Rawi Abdelal and John G. Ruggie
In this essay we revisit the principles of “embedded liberalism” and argue for their relevance to the contemporary global economy. The most essential principle is the need for markets to enjoy social legitimacy, because their political sustainability ultimately depends...
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Keywords:
Economic Systems;
Ethics;
International Finance;
Globalization;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Corporate Governance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Labor
Abdelal, Rawi, and John G. Ruggie. "The Principles of Embedded Liberalism: Social Legitimacy and Global Capitalism." In New Perspectives on Regulation, edited by David Moss and John Cisternino, 151–162. Cambridge, MA: Tobin Project, 2009.
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
Steering Monetary Policy Through Unprecedented Crises
By: David Moss and Cole Bolton
In early April 2008, economic conditions in Europe appeared to be deteriorating on almost all fronts: sales figures were falling, business and consumer confidence were slumping, forecasts for European growth were being revised downward, and inflation was rising. In...
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