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Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters
Business communication Magazine ArticleThe leader’s fall from “Who’s Who” to “Who’s that?” is full of stigma and shame. But the story doesn’t have to end there. -
Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City
Economics Magazine ArticleBy pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies. -
Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleEffective corporate renewal starts at the bottom, through informal efforts to solve business problems. -
The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2007
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleOur annual survey of emerging ideas considers how nanotechnology will affect commerce, what role hope plays in leadership, and why, in an age that practically enshrines accountability, we need to beware of “accountabalism.” -
Power Without Purpose: The Crisis of Japan’s Global Financial Dominance
International business Magazine ArticleJapan today sits on the largest cache of wealth ever assembled. It has the power to move markets anywhere in the world. Consider that. The Tokyo Stock Exchange has now surpassed New York to become the world’s largest on the basis of market capitalization. Osaka has bumped London to fourth place. Of the world’s ten […] -
Are the Right People in the Right Seats? (HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe newly appointed CEO of Highstreet Properties has doubts about several members of the top team she has inherited. She's trying to drive a turnaround,... -
Getting Your Team to Buy into a Big Change
Change management Digital ArticleResearchers studied backlash to change at five elite law firms — and how leadership eventually won the skeptics over. -
Strategy and the New Economics of Information
Economics Magazine ArticleA fundamental shift in the economics of information is under way—a shift that is less about any specific new technology than about the fact that a new behavior is reaching critical mass. Millions of people at home and at work are communicating electronically using universal, open standards. This explosion in connectivity is the latest—and, for […] -
Career Bankers Alone Can’t Solve the Financial Industry’s Problems
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleBut well-rounded leaders might be able to. -
Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Gender Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
The Price of Wall Street’s Power
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleHow the financial sector’s outsize influence is undermining business -
The Competitive Dynamics of Network-Based Businesses
Costing Magazine ArticleDo you really know what your customers value in your network? -
Providing Financial Services to Employees Is a Win-Win
Global Business Digital ArticleStart with pay flexibility, budget management support, and retirement planning. -
The Judgment Deficit
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIndividual judgment and initiative are essential to the success of the modern capitalist economy. At the same time, rules and centralized systems are... -
Case Study: Pull the Plug on a Project with an Uncertain Future?
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleA real estate developer considers whether to push forward with an office complex in the midst of Covid-19. -
Women in Asia Are More Financially Savvy than Women in the U.S.
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAnd they're shaping the future of the wealth management industry. -
Why Isn’t Jamie Dimon Telling Clients to Raise Wages Too?
Labor Digital ArticleWhat makes sense for JPMorgan Chase should also make sense for its customers. -
How Blockchain Is Changing Finance
Financial markets Digital ArticleIt could reduce friction and costs. -
How America's Wealthiest Black Families Invest Money
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleCautiously. -
The Economics of Why Companies Don’t Fix Their Toxic Cultures
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleAnd how it leads to corporate misconduct.
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Iceland's Landsbanki Islands hf: Where to From Here?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The CEO of a failed bank in Iceland must address what went wrong and how he should go about restoring trust in the bank by customers, debt holders, fellow... -
Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Teena Lerner, the CEO of Rx Capital, had a problem. Her three-year-old hedge fund was highly profitable, but in 2004, one of her four equities analysts... -
A Student's Dilemma: Rent or Buy?
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Whenever an investment is made, there are always costs and benefits. This case explores, based on quantitative and qualitative factors, a decision that... -
Note on Cyberattacks and Regulatory Regimes
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Supplements "SolarWinds Confronts Sunburst" (723-357, -368) to provide context on types of cyberattacks and their costs, as well as-at the time of the... -
THE STAKES OF ENGAGEMENT - Confidential Instructions for Jacques Parker
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Two-party, multi-issue, scoreable negotiation regarding a prenuptial agreement, calling for a balance of substantive and relationship concerns. Marlene... -
Peter Isenberg at Fischer Stevens (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
The Campbell Home (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while... -
Summit Distributors (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Summit Distributors was in danger of violating loan covenants because of slow economic activity and forecasted losses and was faced with a choice. Changing... -
At the T. Rowe Price Trading Desk (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Doer's Profile Donald John Trump (1946 - )
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Designed to facilitate a discussion of the nature of enduring success. Includes both biographical data and excerpts from autobiographical material. -
BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The case revolves around the actions that Barbara Novick, co-founder and Vice-Chair of Blackrock, and Michelle Edkins, Global Head of Investment Stewardship,... -
Cailyn Isaac: Cryptocurrencies and the Moving Average Strategy
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In early 2021, an investor wanted to invest in Bitcoin. However, because of the high volatility of the currency, she wanted to know when to buy and sell... -
Excel(lence) with Interest
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details James, a financial advisor at Bank Private, is advising a high net worth client with $1 million to invest. Bank Private can offer an investment that returns... -
E-Duction, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details E-Ductions, a small privately held start-up, developed a new voluntary employee benefit: a payroll-deduction-linked credit card. The CLEAR card provided... -
CASE 3.2 A SAMRIDH Blended Finance Facility: Accelerating Pandemic Response and Building Equitable Health Systems in India (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details Part A of this case introduces students to a US AID/India initiative accelerating the pandemic response while building equitable health systems in India.... -
EverTrue: Mobile Technology Development (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Brent Grinna is evaluating different options for the technology development of his start-up's iPhone app, including hiring local programmers, finding... -
NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The NovaStar case describes the challenges faced by short seller Marc Cohodes of hedge fund Rocker Partners as he tried to expose what he thought was... -
Salt Harbor: Confidential Information for Easterly
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Two-party negotiation involving a bed and breakfast and an incoming coffee chain. -
Zurich Insurance: Diversity and Inclusion
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on: manager development, diversity and inclusion,... -
Wachtell Lipton: Focused Excellence
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details For years, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - a small, New York City law firm - has consistently boasted the highest profits per partner and one of the...
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Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters
Business communication Magazine ArticleThe leader’s fall from “Who’s Who” to “Who’s that?” is full of stigma and shame. But the story doesn’t have to end there. -
Collaborating with Congregations: Opportunities for Financial Services in the Inner City
Economics Magazine ArticleBy pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies. -
Iceland's Landsbanki Islands hf: Where to From Here?
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details The CEO of a failed bank in Iceland must address what went wrong and how he should go about restoring trust in the bank by customers, debt holders, fellow... -
Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Teena Lerner, the CEO of Rx Capital, had a problem. Her three-year-old hedge fund was highly profitable, but in 2004, one of her four equities analysts... -
A Student's Dilemma: Rent or Buy?
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Whenever an investment is made, there are always costs and benefits. This case explores, based on quantitative and qualitative factors, a decision that... -
Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleEffective corporate renewal starts at the bottom, through informal efforts to solve business problems. -
Note on Cyberattacks and Regulatory Regimes
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Supplements "SolarWinds Confronts Sunburst" (723-357, -368) to provide context on types of cyberattacks and their costs, as well as-at the time of the... -
The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2007
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleOur annual survey of emerging ideas considers how nanotechnology will affect commerce, what role hope plays in leadership, and why, in an age that practically enshrines accountability, we need to beware of “accountabalism.” -
THE STAKES OF ENGAGEMENT - Confidential Instructions for Jacques Parker
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Two-party, multi-issue, scoreable negotiation regarding a prenuptial agreement, calling for a balance of substantive and relationship concerns. Marlene... -
Peter Isenberg at Fischer Stevens (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case.