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- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
productive. That’s a missed opportunity. Questioning is a powerful tool for unlocking value in companies: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and better performance, and it builds trust among team members. And it can mitigate business risk... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Article
Bureaucratic versus Craft Administration: The Relationship of Market Structure to the Construction Firm
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Bureaucratic versus Craft Administration: The Relationship of Market Structure to the Construction Firm." Administrative Science Quarterly 26, no. 3 (September 1981): 449–469.
- December 1982
- Article
The Quasifirm in the Construction Industry
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Construction Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "The Quasifirm in the Construction Industry." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2, no. 4 (December 1982): 335–337.
- February 1991 (Revised January 1992)
- Background Note
Note on Control Systems
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Note on Control Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 491-084, February 1991. (Revised January 1992.)
- November 1990 (Revised February 1991)
- Case
Compaq Computer Corp.
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Computer Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Compaq Computer Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-011, November 1990. (Revised February 1991.)
- January 1982
- Case
GenRad, Inc. (D): The Pursuit of Renascence Under The Ambivalence Born of the Confluence of Nascence and Senescence
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Electronics Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "GenRad, Inc. (D): The Pursuit of Renascence Under The Ambivalence Born of the Confluence of Nascence and Senescence." Harvard Business School Case 482-108, January 1982.
- November 1980 (Revised October 1984)
- Supplement
Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (C)
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 481-069, November 1980. (Revised October 1984.)
- January 2013
- Supplement
Buro Happold (B)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Eccles, Robert G., and Penelope Rossano. "Buro Happold (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 413-102, January 2013.
- 2011
- Chapter
Accelerating the Adoption of Integrated Reporting
By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
This chapter describes the concept of integrated reporting, provides a brief history of its development, reviews the current state of practice, presents a strategy for institutional change that will accelerate the adoption of integrated reporting in order to meet the... View Details
Keywords: Integrated Corporate Reporting; Business History; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Practice; Adoption
Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim. "Accelerating the Adoption of Integrated Reporting." Chap. 2.2 in CSR Index, edited by Francesco de Leo and Matthias Vollbracht, 70–92. InnoVatio Publishing Ltd., 2011.
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Erin McFee
Teaching Note for 408-066. View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Erin McFee
Teaching Note for 408067. View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Mistry Architects (TN) (A), (B), and (C)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 609044, 609064, and 609086. View Details
Keywords: Construction Industry
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
a-connect: In Search of Talent Partners (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 409036 and 411085. View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Accenture's War for Talent in India (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Erin McFee
Teaching Note for 408095. View Details
- May 2009
- Supplement
Interview with Rob Smith, Senior Partner of Davis Langdon
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn Simpson
Keywords: Information
Eccles, Robert G., and Kaitlyn Simpson. "Interview with Rob Smith, Senior Partner of Davis Langdon." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 409-708, May 2009.
- March–April 2024
- Article
Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together
By: Robert S. Huckman, Vivian S. Lee and Bradley R Staats
Health systems are struggling to address the many shortcomings of health care delivery: rapidly growing costs, inconsistent quality, and inadequate and unequal access to primary and other types of care. However, if retailers and health systems were to form strong... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Retail; Retailers; Consumer; Health Care and Treatment; Value; Consumer Behavior; Business Model; Partners and Partnerships; Health Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Huckman, Robert S., Vivian S. Lee, and Bradley R Staats. "Retailers and Health Systems Can Improve Care Together." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 2 (March–April 2024): 120–127.
- February 2023
- Supplement
Performance Management at Afreximbank (B)
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Siko Sikochi, Anna Ngarachu and Namrata Arora
Supplements the (A) case. Founded in October 1993, the Cairo-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) was a specialized continental financial institution designed to address the low level of intra-African trade, the decline in financial flows to Africa, the... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Performance Evaluation; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Banking Industry; Africa
Kaplan, Robert S., Siko Sikochi, Anna Ngarachu, and Namrata Arora. "Performance Management at Afreximbank (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 123-043, February 2023.
- September 2009
- Article
A Detailed Analysis of the Reduction Mammaplasty Learning Curve: A Statistical Process Model for Approaching Surgical Performance Improvement
By: Matthew Carty MD, Rodney Chan, Robert S. Huckman, Daniel C. Snow and Dennis Orgill
Background: The increased focus on quality and efficiency improvement within academic surgery has met with variable success among plastic surgeons. Traditional surgical performance metrics, such as morbidity and mortality, are insufficient to improve the... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Outcome or Result; Performance Efficiency; Performance Improvement
Carty, Matthew, MD, Rodney Chan, Robert S. Huckman, Daniel C. Snow, and Dennis Orgill. "A Detailed Analysis of the Reduction Mammaplasty Learning Curve: A Statistical Process Model for Approaching Surgical Performance Improvement." Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 124, no. 3 (September 2009): 706–714.
- 1988
- Book
Doing Deals: Investment Banks at Work
By: Robert G. Eccles and Dwight B. Crane
Eccles, Robert G., and Dwight B. Crane. Doing Deals: Investment Banks at Work. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1988.