-
Why Employees Are Afraid to Speak
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn a word--self-preservation. And they're just as afraid to share innovative ideas as to blow the whistle. -
Managing the Risks of Generative AI
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleGuidelines for companies as they implement the next generation of AI tools. -
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks. -
Taking Risks in Tough Times
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleYou're probably familiar with lab experiments in which mice are conditioned to behave in a certain way by receiving sugar pellets for "good" behavior... -
On Bear Stearns, the Democratic Primary, and Other Avoidable Disasters
Risk management Digital Article“The wise men were all fools…What to do?” So sings Bruce Springsteen in his searing rocker, “Last to Die,” a lament about the endless miscalculations that led to our endless war in Iraq. That line was ringing in my ears as I read this morning’s headlines about the fiascoes gripping almost every element of our […] -
Living in a Radical State of Uncertainty
Risk management Digital ArticleNatural disasters, nuclear meltdowns, financial chaos, terrorist attacks, Gen Y liberal uprisings, counter-revolutionary clampdowns, sudden commodity scarcity, social media disruptions, emergent nation corporate competition, deep-sea-oil-well blow-ups, rising nations, falling nations — by now we know that early 21st century is different from late 20th century. But how? The answer is the sharp and unexpected rise […] -
Information Technology and the Board of Directors
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleEver since the Y2K scare, boards have grown increasingly nervous about corporate dependence on information technology. Since then, computer crashes, denial... -
Decisions and Desire
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleThe primitive, emotional parts of our brains have a powerful influence on the choices we make. Now, neuroscientists are mapping the risk and reward systems in the brain that drive our best—and worst—decision making. -
Three Questions You Should Ask About Your Cyber-Security
Risk management Digital ArticleThe past year has seen near-constant revelations of large, well-respected institutions suffering cyber-attacks. The most damaging attacks, however, often never make it into the media. Yes, political hacktivists brag about Web pages defaced and customer information released over the Internet, but companies rarely reveal the attacks that result in the loss of valuable intellectual property […] -
AIG for Dummies
Global Business Digital ArticleBen Bernanke is angry. "If there is a single episode in the entire 18 months that has made me more angry, I can't think of one," he is quoted as saying.... -
Cutting the Cost of HIV
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleCompanies doing business in the developing world have to contend with the staggering human and financial costs of HIV infection—and most would agree that conventional approaches to controlling the epidemic aren’t working. In our experience in the labor-intensive mining industries of Russia, South Africa, and Botswana, we’ve seen infection rates among workers exceeding 90% in […] -
Beating the Odds When You Launch a New Venture
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleSmart entrepreneurs aren’t cowboys—they’re methodical managers of risk. -
Wanted: A Capital Markets Safety Board
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleWhen it comes to new technologies, we're usually prepared to face up to risk. It's part of the price of progress. When a space shuttle explodes or a train... -
Why Companies Are Betting Against Big Ideas
Innovation Digital ArticleWhen given a choice between getting $1,000 with certainty, or having a 50% chance of getting $2,500, most people will choose the certain $1,000 — even though the expected value (the average value over repeated trials) of the uncertain option is $1,250. Most people would reject a gamble where they would gain $100 if a […] -
The Bash Bug Is a Wake-Up Call
Risk management Digital ArticleBusiness and government need to join forces to anticipate and defend against cyber attacks. -
"We Were Coming Up Against Everything from Organized Crime to Angry Employees"
Organizational Development SpotlightWhen Erik Osmundsen became CEO of Norsk Gjenvinning (NG), Norway's largest waste management company, he believed that the recycling movement spelled huge... -
How to Spot a Nationalized Bank
Global Business Digital ArticleAs part of the ongoing bailout of Citigroup, it was recently announced that the government's investment of about $25 billion in preferred stock would... -
Strategic Plans Are Less Important than Strategic Planning
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleNo plan survives contact with reality. -
Do Women Take as Many Risks as Men?
Global Business Digital ArticleResearch suggests that when women take risks, society may register it as something different. -
The High Price of Social Media Risk Management
Social media Digital ArticleWhy broad policies do more harm than good.
-
Avatar: Product Development in Creative Industries
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2007, Twentieth Century Fox faced a number of issues in the production of Avatar-a movie that was widely anticipated but had raised concerns in the... -
Samoa Tala
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case examines currency risks faced by Microfinance Institutions, and evaluates strategies to hedge them in countries with pegged currency regimes... -
Finance Reading: Cost of Capital
Finance & Accounting Tool40.00View Details This Reading introduces practical problems encountered when estimating and applying the cost of capital in a DCF valuation. It applies, but does not derive,... -
Should I Rent My Condo? Assessing Risks of a Property Investment
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In early 2018, Diana Mulhall was undertaking a career change that would eliminate the need for frequent business trips to Toronto. As a result, she wondered... -
Cheniere's LNG Liquefaction Strategy: Pushing the Boundaries of the Project Finance Debt Market
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details After the collapse of world oil prices during the late 1990s, Cheniere began shifting its business focus away from upstream exploration and toward LNG... -
Conducting Social Impact Assessment for Third Sector Organizations
Management Case Study11.95View Details Social impact assessment has become increasingly valued by social investors or funders to capture the value their investments can generate. As such, traditional... -
Drowling Mountain
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details It was August 2011 and Martin Cartier, senior board member, was beginning to feel the pressure of Drowling Mountain's 2010 general meeting that was coming... -
Nextel Peru: Emerging Market Cost of Capital
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details NII Holdings, Inc. is a U.S. firm with headquarters in Reston, Virginia, and wireless telephony operations under the Nextel brand in Argentina, Brazil,... -
Textile Corp. Building
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Describes the potential acquisition of a downtown office building in Boston through a sealed bid auction. The prospective buyer analyzes in detail all... -
Verrückt: Insane Design, Testing, Construction and Operation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case regards the perils of ineffective management and design that led to an organizational crisis. The setting is an amusement park where a water... -
Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII: Fixed-Price or Public-Private Partnership?
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In September 2014, a real estate and procurement expert was preparing his notes for an upcoming strategic meeting with the management team of the Regional... -
The Management of Berkshire Hathaway
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Berkshire Hathaway is known to many as the investment vehicle of Warren E. Buffett. To some extent, this reputation is well founded, given the investment... -
Freemark Abbey Winery (Abridged)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Freemark Abbey must decide whether to harvest in view of the possibility of rain. Rain could damage the crop but delaying the harvest would be risky.... -
Alltech
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Alltech was a Lexington, Kentucky-based producer of supplements for animal feed, with revenues of over $2 billion (projected to reach $3 billion in 2018),... -
Coats (B): Cash Flows and Small Lot Dyeing
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Following case study UST 1215-050 Coats (A): Responsive Production and Order Fulfillment, Coats (B) examines make-to-stock (MTS) and make-to-order (MTO)... -
Bay State Milling
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details -
Managing Local Political Risk: Parking the Tata Nano A
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Abstract too long -
Why Is the Universe Against Me? (A) and (B) (Abridged)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Hasn't everyone at some point felt as if the universe was conspiring against his or her success? This case narrative tracks the story of Emmett Taylor,... -
JPMorgan Chase & the CIO Losses
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details On July 13, 2012, JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced a larger than expected loss for the quarter, $4.4 billion from positions held in the Chief Investment... -
TenAlpina Tools: The Entrepreneur's Dilemma
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Giulia Ferrato, a recent MBA graduate, has developed a high-quality, lightweight titanium piton, a tool used in mountain climbing. She is currently contracting...
-
Why Employees Are Afraid to Speak
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn a word--self-preservation. And they're just as afraid to share innovative ideas as to blow the whistle. -
Managing the Risks of Generative AI
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleGuidelines for companies as they implement the next generation of AI tools. -
Avatar: Product Development in Creative Industries
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2007, Twentieth Century Fox faced a number of issues in the production of Avatar-a movie that was widely anticipated but had raised concerns in the... -
Samoa Tala
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case examines currency risks faced by Microfinance Institutions, and evaluates strategies to hedge them in countries with pegged currency regimes... -
Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks. -
Taking Risks in Tough Times
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleYou're probably familiar with lab experiments in which mice are conditioned to behave in a certain way by receiving sugar pellets for "good" behavior... -
Finance Reading: Cost of Capital
Finance & Accounting Tool40.00View Details This Reading introduces practical problems encountered when estimating and applying the cost of capital in a DCF valuation. It applies, but does not derive,... -
Should I Rent My Condo? Assessing Risks of a Property Investment
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In early 2018, Diana Mulhall was undertaking a career change that would eliminate the need for frequent business trips to Toronto. As a result, she wondered... -
On Bear Stearns, the Democratic Primary, and Other Avoidable Disasters
Risk management Digital Article“The wise men were all fools…What to do?” So sings Bruce Springsteen in his searing rocker, “Last to Die,” a lament about the endless miscalculations that led to our endless war in Iraq. That line was ringing in my ears as I read this morning’s headlines about the fiascoes gripping almost every element of our […] -
Living in a Radical State of Uncertainty
Risk management Digital ArticleNatural disasters, nuclear meltdowns, financial chaos, terrorist attacks, Gen Y liberal uprisings, counter-revolutionary clampdowns, sudden commodity scarcity, social media disruptions, emergent nation corporate competition, deep-sea-oil-well blow-ups, rising nations, falling nations — by now we know that early 21st century is different from late 20th century. But how? The answer is the sharp and unexpected rise […]