Special Features by HBS Authors
Dispatches from Banda Aceh
Observations from Indonesia after three weeks of relief efforts. By Daniel Curran, director of the HBS Humanitarian Leadership Program. (February 8, 2005)
2004 Tsunami Management Challenges
Professor Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard on the unique crisis management dimensions.
- This Baker Library guide is a frequently updated collection of news articles and other information resources providing an overview of the dimensions of the 2004 tsunami disaster, the management challenges presented to crisis managers, business leaders, and other decision makers worldwide, and the emerging approaches to meeting these challenges.
Crisis Management
Economic Impacts
Geopolitical Concerns
Lessons Learned from Previous Disasters
Tsunami Must be Preventive Wake-up Call, Like Titanic a Century Ago
UN News Centre
December’s devastating Indian Ocean tsunami is as urgent a wake-up call for the world to get its already existing emergency communications systems in working order as the sinking of the Titanic was for instituting mandatory SOS monitoring a century ago, according to the United Nations telecommunications agency.
(February 23, 2005)
For Honduras and Iran, World's Aid Evaporated (HBS only)
The New York Times
All too often when disaster strikes the relief mission seems to last only as long as the media attention.
(January 12, 2005)
History's Other Great Relief Effort
BBC News
It does not detract from the relief operation in Asia to question the title almost routinely given to it as the "world's largest relief operation ever".
(January 11, 2005)
In Wake of Deadly Tsunamis, U.S. Should Share Its Lessons
USA Today
Our own country has suffered a multitude of tragic natural disasters. And each time, we have gained knowledge that has enabled us to reduce the impact of future events. During my tenure as the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from 1993 to 2001, I saw how forethought and aggressive action in response to tragedy led to rebuilding U.S. communities that are safer today. The earthquake and subsequent tsunamis provide us that same opportunity on a global scale.
(January 5, 2005)
The Tsunami's Aftermath: Japanese Island Serves as Model of How to Rebuild after Tsunami (Harvard only)
The Wall Street Journal
As tsunami-ravaged towns across Southern Asia wonder how to rebuild and protect themselves, a remote island off the coast of Northern Japan may serve as an example.
(January 4, 2005)
Ripple Effects of Indonesia's Geological Events (HBS only)
The Christian Science Monitor
Earlier natural disasters in the 'Ring of Fire' had global repercussions--and
altered the course of history.
(December 30, 2004)
Op-Ed
Organizational Response: Corporate
Organizational Response: Government
Organizational Response: NGO
Publications & Research
Rebuilding
Relief Aid Management
Recent Additions
Tsunami Provokes Radical Change in Crisis Response
The World Health Organization says it and other groups must fundamentally change the way they respond to natural disasters following a frank review of their work after the Indian Ocean tsunami. (May 6, 2005)
Phuket Slumped in Low Season with Tsunami Hangover
The flow of tourists to one of Asia's premier tourism destinations has dried up, a potential blow to Thailand's economy which is already battling the effects of bird flu and Muslim violence in the south. (May 5, 2005)
East Asia Growth to Slow to Six Percent
East Asia's economies, excluding Japan, are expected to ease their expansion to about 6 percent in 2005. The tsunami tragedy was not expected to have a significant impact on growth in the two most seriously affected economies, Indonesia and Thailand. (April 27, 2005)