by Robert Eccles - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 2001
News

Reunions to Remember

Once again the early days of June brought hundreds of alumni back to Soldiers Field to reconnect with familiar faces, make some new friends, get a close-up view of the newest developments on campus, and catch up on the latest research by... View Details

Keywords: Harvey V. Fineberg; Robert C. Clark; Wake Smith

18 Feb 2014
News

Stick with Plan A

markets, mobile money is designed to leapfrog plastic by going from cash directly to digital. Because the global economy is increasingly digital, billions of cash-based buyers and sellers are currently excluded from global commerce. These... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Waleed Iskandar (MBA 1993); Telecommunications

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

think," says Robert S. Huckman, the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. "In particular, when this type of work is outsourced it should not be viewed as a mere commodity." Instead, he... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

21 May 2014
News

Green Economy: Well-run companies tend to perform better in environmental terms

26 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

The Office of Strategy Management

"Why is there such a persistent gap between ambition and performance?" ask Robert Kaplan and David P. Norton in "The Office of Strategy Management" in the October 2005 Harvard Business Review. "The gap arises, we... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

Many companies can double or even triple their capacity to invest in strategic assets and competencies by properly managing their "risk balance sheet," argues Harvard Business School professor View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

30 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

demand, which led to shipment delays, followed by pricing confusion and a series of public relations bungles—just as the pandemic eased and people began returning to gyms. Peloton scrambled by recalling... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle

31 Mar 2008
HBS Case

JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

all that changed. HBS associate professor Robert Huckman, professor Gary Pisano, and research associate Virginia Fuller tell that story in "JetBlue Airways: Valentine's Day 2007," a case taught in the MBA course Operations... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation

December 2017
Article

Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures with Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques

By: Richard A. Helmers, James A. Dilling, Christopher R. Chaffee, Mark V. Larson, Bradly J. Narr, Derek A. Haas and Robert S. Kaplan

Endoscopic/Colonoscopic procedures are done either with gastroenterologist-administered conscious sedation or with anesthesia-administered sedation with propofol. Anesthesia-administered sedation has medical and patient benefits but is more expensive to administer. We... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Activity Based Costing and Management

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14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

practice. All of these abrupt changes called for medical professionals to have a certain level of management prowess, says Robert Huckman, Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “Outside... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

27 Oct 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

Keywords: by Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, John Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James & Michael I. Norton

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

frustration and a path to burnout that is all too common in today’s workplace, says Robert Simons, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “Today’s jobs are expanding in terms of what is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

institutions in the financial world. Robert Merton's many honors include acknowledgments by the broader and more distant academic and scientific communities. In addition to being a Fellow of the American... View Details

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

was co-authored by Dr. Mahek A. Shah, a senior researcher and senior project leader at Harvard Business School, and Robert S. Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, at HBS.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

13 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

U.S. Senator) Tom Coburn (R-OK) argue against a government-run public market for health insurance. Reform must include incentives for entrepreneurship and innovation, which only a private market could provide, they write. Professor Robert... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

The Need for One Report

Harvard Business School professor Robert G. Eccles and Grant Thornton partner Michael Krzus discuss the growing trend of integrated reporting worldwide and how their book ONE REPORT will help companies succeed in the transition to this new transparency. View Details

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

Management Practice and leadership expert Robert Steven Kaplan comments on these issues. Michel Anteby Many companies today operate like Russian nesting dolls, where one large figure is actually made up of many smaller ones. These... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

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The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton View... View Details

01 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients

performing costly medical procedures. And that’s a problem, argues Senior Fellow Robert S. Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. “It becomes obvious that you can make the... View Details