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- November 2008
- Journal Article
Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin Forbes
This paper examines how financial constraints and product market exposures determine the response of multinational and local firms to sharp depreciations. U.S. multinational affiliates increase sales, assets, and investment significantly more than local firms during,...
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Keywords:
Economic Growth;
Financial Crisis;
Currency;
Private Equity;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Emerging Markets;
United States
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin Forbes. "Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises." Review of Financial Studies 21, no. 6 (November 2008).
- October 2007 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A)
By: Michael L. Tushman and David Kiron
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 David Kiron. "Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-023, October 2007. (Revised August 2009.)
- November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Background Note
International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution
By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
Successive economic crises of the 1990s and early 2000s intensified focus on reform of the "international financial architecture." Because many of these crises involved defaults on sovereign bonds, an important component of the discussion revolved around the...
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Alfaro, Laura, and Ingrid Vogel. "International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-018, November 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- 2005
- Chapter
Memories of Mau Mau in Kenya: Public Crises and Private Shame
By: Caroline M. Elkins and John Lonsdale
Elkins, Caroline M., and John Lonsdale. "Memories of Mau Mau in Kenya: Public Crises and Private Shame." In Dopo la violenza: construzioni di memoria nel mondo contemporaneo, edited by Alessandro Triulzi, 159–196. Napoli: L'ancora del Mediterraneo, 2005, Italian ed.
- January 2004 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Redesigning Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanisms
By: Mihir A. Desai, Christina Pham, Julia Stevens and Kathleen Luchs
How should the debt of sovereign countries be restructured when countries approach default? Anne O. Krueger of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is proposing a new approach to sovereign defaults: the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM). The SDRM would...
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Keywords:
Sovereign Finance;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
International Finance;
Laws and Statutes;
Latin America;
Asia;
Mexico
Desai, Mihir A., Christina Pham, Julia Stevens, and Kathleen Luchs. "Redesigning Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanisms." Harvard Business School Case 204-110, January 2004. (Revised March 2004.)
- February 2003 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose, The
By: Allen S. Grossman and Christina Darwall
Patrick J. McGrath, the bishop of the healthy and growing San Jose diocese, is pioneering the use of long-term, business-like strategic planning to better deliver on his churches' core mission. The adopted plan addresses issues at the heart of how the diocese is...
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership;
Growth Management;
Success;
Performance Effectiveness;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges
Grossman, Allen S., and Christina Darwall. "Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose, The." Harvard Business School Case 303-069, February 2003. (Revised April 2003.)
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Washington Hospital Center (D): Emergency Medicine After September 11
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
The all-risks-ready emergency room prototype project becomes widely accepted as a need after September 11, 2001. The already operational medical informatics system, Insight, comes under heavy demand after its strong performance during crises and is noticed by various...
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- November 1997
- Case
Odwalla, Inc.
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Tom Clay
Odwalla suffered one of the worst food safety crises in history and not only survived but continued to grow. Now they need to decide how the crisis affected their business and how to expand their business.
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Keywords:
Growth and Development;
Crisis Management;
Safety;
Expansion;
System Shocks;
Food and Beverage Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Tom Clay. "Odwalla, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 598-047, November 1997.
- 1997
- Book
Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices
By: Leslie Perlow
Why do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Perlow documents the work life of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended...
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Perlow, Leslie. Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997.
- September 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Technology Crises and the Future of Agribusiness: BSE in Europe
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Juan Enriquez-Cabot
Keywords:
Technology;
Agribusiness;
Crisis Management;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe
Goldberg, Ray A., and Juan Enriquez-Cabot. "Technology Crises and the Future of Agribusiness: BSE in Europe." Harvard Business School Case 597-036, September 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- March–April 1979
- Article
Managing the Crises in Data Processing
By: R. L. Nolan
Nolan, R. L. "Managing the Crises in Data Processing." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 2 (March–April 1979).
- March–April 1977
- Article
Responding to Divisional Profit Crises
Keywords:
Profit
Hamermesh, Richard G. "Responding to Divisional Profit Crises." Harvard Business Review 55, no. 2 (March–April 1977).
- Forthcoming
- Article
Chatbots and Mental Health: Insights into the Safety of Generative AI
By: Julian De Freitas, Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp, Zeliha Uğuralp and Stefano Puntoni
Chatbots are now able to engage in sophisticated conversations with consumers. Due to the ‘black box’ nature of the algorithms, it is impossible to predict in advance how these conversations will unfold. Behavioral research provides little insight into potential safety...
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Keywords:
Autonomy;
Chatbots;
New Technology;
Brand Crises;
Mental Health;
Large Language Model;
AI and Machine Learning;
Behavior;
Well-being;
Technological Innovation;
Ethics
De Freitas, Julian, Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp, Zeliha Uğuralp, and Stefano Puntoni. "Chatbots and Mental Health: Insights into the Safety of Generative AI." Journal of Consumer Psychology (forthcoming). (Pre-published online October 26, 2023.)
- Teaching Interest
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
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Crisis Management
By: Dutch Leonard
This project examines the special challenges of leadership in crisis situations and the associated challenges of leadership in preparing in advance for the possibility of crises to come. It includes both physical life safety crises (natural disasters, industrial...
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Financial Innovation and Financial Crisis in Historical Perspective
By: David A. Moss
This line of research aims to inform our understanding of modern financial challenges and vulnerabilities by reexamining important financial innovations and financial crises of the past, with particular but not exclusive attention to U.S. financial history.
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- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: Nancy F. Koehn
My teaching and research focus on crisis leadership and how men and women use crises to make themselves better leaders. I currently teach a module in the Advanced Management Program and an HBS Online LIVE course on Courageous Leadership. The purpose of each course is...
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Rare Consumption Disasters
Another defining feature of financial crises is consumption disasters, or large drops in aggregate consumption. Rather than taking the standard approach of seeking implications of such rare disasters for asset pricing in consumption data, Professor Siriwardane asks... View Details