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      Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO
      Editor's note: This is part of a series of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. In this...
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      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Crisis Interventions in Corporate Insolvency

      By: Samuel Antill and Christopher Clayton
      We model the optimal resolution of insolvent firms in general equilibrium. Absent externalities, the optimal corporate-insolvency system encourages lending by letting banks assign liquidations ex-post. We show that a social planner optimally intervenes in such a system...  View Details
      Keywords: Insolvent Firms; Government Intervention; Liquidation; Econometric Models; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governance; Policy
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      Antill, Samuel, and Christopher Clayton. "Crisis Interventions in Corporate Insolvency." Working Paper, February 2021.
      • January 2021
      • Case

      The FIRE Savings Calculator

      By: Michael Parzen and Paul J. Hamilton
      This case follows Carol Muñoz, a member of the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) lifestyle movement. At the age of 45, Carol is considering retiring and living off the $1 million she has accumulated. Using Monte Carlo simulation, Carol forecasts the...  View Details
      Keywords: Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Personal Finance; Saving; Risk and Uncertainty; Diversification; Theory; Financial Services Industry
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      Parzen, Michael, and Paul J. Hamilton. "The FIRE Savings Calculator." Harvard Business School Case 621-087, January 2021.
      • November 2020 (Revised March 2021)
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      Sercomm: Operating in China Amid COVID-19 and Beyond

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Gary P. Pisano and Bonnie Yining Cao
      The COVID-19 pandemic had forced a production cut in the factory of Sercomm, one of the world’s major telecom equipment producers, in China. The case explores and highlights the challenges that Chief Executive Officer James Wang faced: How could Sercomm recover and...  View Details
      Keywords: Emerging Markets; Technology; Operations; Management; Health Pandemics; Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
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      Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Gary P. Pisano, and Bonnie Yining Cao. "Sercomm: Operating in China Amid COVID-19 and Beyond." Harvard Business School Case 621-005, November 2020. (Revised March 2021.)
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      GitLab: Work Where You Want, When You Want

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Kevin Crowston, Linus Dahlander, Marco S. Minervini and Sumita Raghuram
      GitLab is a software company that works “all remote” at the scale of more than 1,000 employees located in more than 60 countries. GitLab has no physical office and its employees can work from anywhere they choose. Any step of the organizational life of a GitLab...  View Details
      Keywords: New Forms Of Organizing; Remote Work; All Remote; Virtual Organizations; Covid-19; Organizational Design; Employees; Geographic Location; Health Pandemics
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      Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Kevin Crowston, Linus Dahlander, Marco S. Minervini, and Sumita Raghuram. "GitLab: Work Where You Want, When You Want." Art. 23. Journal of Organization Design 9 (2020).
      • October 2020
      • Technical Note

      Firing at Startups

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      Keywords: Firing
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Firing at Startups." Harvard Business School Technical Note 821-057, October 2020.
      • 2020
      • Chapter

      Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build

      By: John D. Macomber
      As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,...  View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; Housing; Mortgages; Geographic Location; Real Estate Industry
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      Macomber, John D. "Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build." In Climate Change: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review. Vol. 12. HBR Insights Series. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      Quiet Fires Fail to Impress: Introverted Expressions of Passion Receive Less Social Worth

      By: Grace Cormier and Jon M. Jachimowicz
      Thinking of passionate people typically brings to mind their vivacious expressions. Prior research has shown that such outward manifestations of passion are often met with increased admiration and support by others. But not everyone may express their passion so...  View Details
      Keywords: Passion; Personality; Support; Social Worth; Personal Characteristics; Behavior; Perception; Value
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      Cormier, Grace, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Quiet Fires Fail to Impress: Introverted Expressions of Passion Receive Less Social Worth." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-027, August 2020.
      • April 2020
      • Teaching Plan

      Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt

      By: David G. Fubini, Amy Klopfenstein and James Barnett
      This teaching plan serves as a supplement to the case “Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt,” HBS 420-024. The case examines the early decisions of Vanderbilt University’s new athletic director, Malcolm Turner. A newcomer to college athletics, Turner made a series of...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Sports; Planning; Strategic Planning; Education; Higher Education; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Education Industry; Sports Industry; Tennessee
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      Fubini, David G., Amy Klopfenstein, and James Barnett. "Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 420-081, April 2020.
      • 2020
      • Book

      Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

      By: Rebecca Henderson
      Free market capitalism is one of humanity’s greatest inventions and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But this success has been costly. Capitalism is on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society as wealth rushes to the top....  View Details
      Keywords: Capitalism; Economic Systems; Ethics; Society; Environmental Sustainability
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      Henderson, Rebecca. Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire. New York: PublicAffairs, 2020.
      • March 2020
      • Article

      Do Fire Sales Create Externalities?

      By: Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam
      We develop three novel measures of how much of the price impact of their trading different mutual funds internalize. We show that mutual funds that internalize more of their price impact hold larger cash buffers and use these buffers more aggressively to accommodate...  View Details
      Keywords: Fire Sales; Externalities; Investment Funds; Price; Financial Liquidity; Management
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      Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam. "Do Fire Sales Create Externalities?" Journal of Financial Economics 135, no. 3 (March 2020): 602–628.
      • January 2020
      • Case

      A Tough Call: SEAL Team Leader in Kandahar (A)

      By: George A. Riedel
      The case, which is a disguised version of real events, is set in Kandahar, Afghanistan (2013) during the long running Afghan war. Lt. Paul Rickson, a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander, is leading a team of 30 US and Afghan soldiers on a mission to clear hostile forces in...  View Details
      Keywords: War; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Decision Choices and Conditions; Afghanistan
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      Riedel, George A. "A Tough Call: SEAL Team Leader in Kandahar (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-001, January 2020.
      • December 2019
      • Supplement

      Interview with Stephen L. Herbert, X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Protagonist in 617-046 X Fire Paintball & Airsoft

      By: Willy C. Shih and Feng Zhu
      This is an interview with Stephen L. Herbert, founder of X Fire Paintball & Airsoft, in which he discusses competing with his online channel, Amazon. It is for use with HBS Case No. 617-046 X Fire Paintball & Airsoft.  View Details
      Keywords: Online Technology; Competition; Ethics; United States
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      Shih, Willy C., and Feng Zhu. "Interview with Stephen L. Herbert, X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Protagonist in 617-046 X Fire Paintball & Airsoft." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 620-706, December 2019.
      • December 2019 (Revised January 2021)
      • Supplement

      The Leveraged Buyout of TXU: (B) Energy Future Holdings

      By: Trevor Fetter, Erik Snowberg and Rebecca M. Henderson
      This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the relative merits of shareholder vs. stakeholder perspectives in the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The 2007 purchase of TXU, the...  View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Transformation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Energy Generation; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Texas
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      Fetter, Trevor, Erik Snowberg, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "The Leveraged Buyout of TXU: (B) Energy Future Holdings." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-065, December 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
      • December 2019 (Revised January 2021)
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      TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History

      By: Trevor Fetter, Erik Snowberg and Rebecca M. Henderson
      This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the relative merits of shareholder vs. stakeholder perspectives in the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The 2007 purchase of TXU, the...  View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Transformation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Energy Generation; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Texas
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      Fetter, Trevor, Erik Snowberg, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History." Harvard Business School Case 320-064, December 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
      • December 2019
      • Article

      Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales

      By: Andrea Barbon, Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni and Augustin Landier
      Using trade-level data, we study whether brokers play a role in spreading order flow information. We focus on large portfolio liquidations, which result in temporary drops in stock prices, and identify the brokers that intermediate these trades. We show that these...  View Details
      Keywords: Predatory Trading; Back Running; Fire Sales; Brokers; Stocks; Price; Information; Knowledge Dissemination; Ethics
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      Barbon, Andrea, Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni, and Augustin Landier. "Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales." Journal of Finance 74, no. 6 (December 2019): 2707–2749. (LEAD ARTICLE.)
      • October 2019
      • Supplement

      Airbus vs. Boeing (H): Wing Cracks and Battery Fires (2013)

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
      This case describes an issue with the batteries of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes overheating and sometimes catching fire in 2013. The planes were grounded for several months until Boeing introduced new safety measures. The case also discusses a problem with cracks on...  View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Air Transportation; Projects; Competition; Safety; Manufacturing Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States; Europe
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Airbus vs. Boeing (H): Wing Cracks and Battery Fires (2013)." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-383, October 2019.
      • September 2019
      • Exercise

      Difficult Conversations (A)

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      The exercises can be used as a follow-up to the Yesware (A) case (#816-039), or in conjunction with any case that involves replacing a founding team member (and/or providing feedback to a top executive). This is a role-playing exercise, and has been carried out in the...  View Details
      Keywords: Firing; Feedback; Founders; Culture; Values; Neuroscience; Business Startups; Organizational Culture; Resignation and Termination; Communication; Emotions; Trust; Human Resources; Entrepreneurship
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Difficult Conversations (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 820-055, September 2019.
      • September 2019
      • Exercise

      Difficult Conversations (B)

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      The exercises can be used as a follow-up to the Yesware (A) case (#816-039), or in conjunction with any case that involves replacing a founding team member (and/or providing feedback to a top executive). This is a role-playing exercise, and has been carried out in the...  View Details
      Keywords: Firing; Feedback; Founders; Culture; Values; Neuroscience; Business Startups; Organizational Culture; Resignation and Termination; Communication; Emotions; Trust; Human Resources; Entrepreneurship
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Difficult Conversations (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 820-056, September 2019.
      • September 2019
      • Case

      Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (A)

      By: Susanna Gallani, Francesca Gino and Raffaella Sadun
      Plant management at Pasta Serafina, a pasta producer in the south of Italy, is struggling to contain employee absenteeism. While the misbehavior is concentrated in a minority of the workers, its effects impact not only the plant’s performance, but also the climate and...  View Details
      Keywords: Absenteeism; Moral Hazard; Employees; Behavior; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Gallani, Susanna, Francesca Gino, and Raffaella Sadun. "Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-013, September 2019.
      • September 2019
      • Case

      Gap, Inc., 2019

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In 2000, The Gap, Inc. (Gap) was the world’s largest player in specialty fashion retailing, and companies such as Inditex of Spain, H&M of Sweden, and Fast Retailing of Japan were less than a quarter of Gap’s size. But after two decades of growth, Gap’s progress...  View Details
      Keywords: Strategic Change; Fashion; Multinational; Brands; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Performance Improvement; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Change Management; Strategy; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sweden; Spain; United States
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Gap, Inc., 2019." Harvard Business School Case 720-377, September 2019.
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