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- January 1982
- Case
GenRad, Inc. (B): The Pursuit of Renascence Under the Ambivalence Born of the Confluence of Nascence and Senescence
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "GenRad, Inc. (B): The Pursuit of Renascence Under the Ambivalence Born of the Confluence of Nascence and Senescence." Harvard Business School Case 482-030, January 1982.
- December 1981 (Revised February 1983)
- Case
Visa International: The Management of Change
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Visa International: The Management of Change." Harvard Business School Case 482-022, December 1981. (Revised February 1983.)
- November 1980 (Revised August 1986)
- Case
Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Describes a company that is considering whether to establish an experimental division as a relatively independent profit center under a general manager. Data relevant to this decision include the company's strategy, markets, products, current structure, size, and the...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Decision Making;
Data and Data Sets;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Design;
Situation or Environment
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (A)." Harvard Business School Case 481-067, November 1980. (Revised August 1986.)
- July 1984 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
Paine Chemical Co., Inc.: What Is Market Price? (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords:
Price
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Paine Chemical Co., Inc.: What Is Market Price? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 385-050, July 1984. (Revised March 1991.)
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
Management: Can a Balanced Scorecard Change a Culture? By: Gibbons, Robert, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Agency theorists, historically, have analyzed what kinds of performance measures should be used in formal incentive contracts. For...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
By: Robert Steven Kaplan, Christopher Marquis and Brent Kazan
Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit medical research organization. The project was founded in 1985 by Marc and his father Nick, a former Hall of Fame football player, when Marc suffered a spinal cord injury. In 2007,...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Health Testing and Trials;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Mission and Purpose;
Research and Development;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Health Industry;
Miami
Kaplan, Robert Steven, Christopher Marquis, and Brent Kazan. "The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis." Harvard Business School Case 408-003, June 2008. (Revised July 2008.)
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
authority. This three-level structure closely parallels that of all organized team sports. The play on the field is like the markets of capitalism, and the actions of the players are regulated by referees who enforce a set of rules...
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Martha Lagace
- June 2016
- Article
When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAs
By: Damir Ljuboja, Brian W. Powers, Benjamin Robbins, Robert S. Huckman, Krishna Yeshwant and Sachin Jain
There has been substantial growth in the number of physicians pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees over the past decade, but there is continuing debate over the utility of these programs and the career outcomes of their graduates. The authors...
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Keywords:
Medical Education;
MD;
MBA;
Physicians;
Executive Education;
Training;
Personal Development and Career;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
United States
Ljuboja, Damir, Brian W. Powers, Benjamin Robbins, Robert S. Huckman, Krishna Yeshwant, and Sachin Jain. "When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAs." American Journal of Managed Care 22, no. 6 (June 2016): e196–e198.
- January 1991
- Case
Datapaq Ltd.: Getting Control
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Datapaq Ltd.: Getting Control." Harvard Business School Case 191-070, January 1991.
- Conference Presentation
Building Capabilities: Ensuring Long-Term Success in a Professional Service Firm
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
- November–December 1983
- Article
Control with Fairness in Transfer Pricing
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Control with Fairness in Transfer Pricing." Harvard Business Review 61, no. 6 (November–December 1983): 149–161.
- June 1985
- Case
Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (A) (Condensed)
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 485-178, June 1985.
- August 1984 (Revised August 1985)
- Background Note
Note on Payment Systems
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords:
Wages
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Note on Payment Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 485-030, August 1984. (Revised August 1985.)
- November 1980 (Revised October 1984)
- Supplement
Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (B)
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Supplements the (A) case. Designed as an in-class handout.
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Organizational Structure
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 481-068, November 1980. (Revised October 1984.)
- September 2020
- Article
Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas: Two-Year Impacts on Coverage, Employment, and Affordability of Care
By: Benjamin D. Sommers, Lucy Chen, Robert J. Blendon, E. John Orav and Arnold M. Epstein
In June 2018 Arkansas became the first U.S. state to implement work requirements in Medicaid, requiring adults ages 30–49 to work twenty hours a week, participate in “community engagement” activities, or qualify for an exemption to maintain coverage. By April 2019,...
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Keywords:
Medicaid;
Health Care Policy;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Policy;
Insurance;
Health Industry;
Arkansas
Sommers, Benjamin D., Lucy Chen, Robert J. Blendon, E. John Orav, and Arnold M. Epstein. "Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas: Two-Year Impacts on Coverage, Employment, and Affordability of Care." Health Affairs 39, no. 9 (September 2020).
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
experiment to measure the value of shareholder proxy access. We find that firms that would have been most vulnerable to proxy access, as measured by institutional ownership and activist institutional ownership in particular, lost value on...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex Laskey, who were inspired by Robert Cialdini's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Article
Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey
By: Michael Anne Kyle, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman and Sara J. Singer
Context: The private sector has a large potential role in advancing health and well-being, but attention to corporate practices around health tends to focus on a narrow range of issues and on large businesses. Systematically describing private sector engagement in...
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Keywords:
Corporate Health;
Social Determinants Of Health;
Health Policy;
Public Health;
Organizations;
Health;
Policy;
Surveys
Kyle, Michael Anne, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman, and Sara J. Singer. "Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey." Milbank Quarterly 97, no. 4 (December 2019): 954–977.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Anchors Aweigh: Analysis of Anchor Limited Partner Investors in Impact Investment Funds
By: Shawn A. Cole, T. Robert Zochowski, Fanele Mashwama and Heather McPherson
This note describes results from a survey of “anchor investors” in impact funds. Anchor investors
are described as “generally the first investor to make a substantial capital commitment to a fund,”
(according to the Global Impact Investing Network, “GIIN”) and their...
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- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures with Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques By: Helmers, Richard A., James A. Dilling, Christopher R. Chaffee, Mark V. Larson,...
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Sean Silverthorne