Publications

August 2019
Book Review

Review of The New Turkey and Its Discontents by Simon A. Waldman & Emre Caliskan

By: Kristin Fabbe

Keywords: Turkey

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June 1999 (Revised June 2000)
Case

Robert Mondavi: Competitive Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter and Gregory C Bond

Describes the competitive situation facing Robert Mondavi, the leading premium California winery. Mondavi has been an industry innovator and has recently taken steps to become more international. Mondavi has to cope with growing domestic competition as well as market... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Structures; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Food and Beverage Industry; California; Australia; Chile

Educators

December 2023
Case

Robert McNamara: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the life of Robert McNamara from Harvard Business School to Ford Motor Company to the U.S. Department of Defense. McNamara excelled in every job along the way: becoming the youngest-ever professor at Harvard Business School, the first non-family... View Details

Keywords: Performance Measurement; Military; Leadership Development; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Success; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Business Education; War

Educators

October 2024
Teaching Note

Robert McNamara: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-036. View Details

2006
Book Review

Book Review of 'What Price the Moral High Ground? Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments' by Robert Frank

By: Nien-he Hsieh

17 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

New Treasury Rules Help Long-Retirement Planning

longevity annuity should appeal to workers who believe they have enough retirement savings to last for one or two decades, although they just don't know what would happen if they lived to age 90 or 100. In the past, longevity annuities with late-starting payments were... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Pozen; Financial Services

2016
Teaching Note

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek—Lighting Liberia

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Teaching Note for Case 313-032. After successful careers as lawyers and Fellows in Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative, Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by ultimately using advanced... View Details

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability

When the customer says "jump," they ask "how high?" They offer additional product features and services to their customers, but fail to receive prices that cover the costs for these additional features and services. How can companies avoid this... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

corporate strategy—create value by becoming known for better governance and greater transparency to external providers? Can they lower their cost of capital and perhaps get a valuation premium based on the reputation and performance of... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

May 6, 2024
Book Review

Is That What You Really Think?: Book Review of "Third Millennium Thinking" by Saul Perlmutter, John Campbell and Robert MacCoun

By: Michael Luca

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19 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech

received for those options. Considering that the market systematically puts a higher value on options than employees do, companies are likely to end up with more cash from the sale of externally issued options (which carry with them no deadweight costs) than they would... View Details

Keywords: by Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan & Robert C. Merton

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

that internal support or shared services groups provide, such straight-across cost or numeric comparisons become meaningless. Today's successful support unit earns its keep by being a trusted partner to the business units it serves. So,... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

2012
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Anne Arlinghaus

After successful careers as lawyers Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by increasing Liberian citizens’ access to lighting solutions. They developed the Liberian Energy Network, which aimed... View Details