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- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
PublicationsFeeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-interested Charitable Behavior Authors:L. Anik, L. B. Aknin, M. I. Norton, and E. W. Dunn Publication:In The Science of Giving: Experimental Approaches to the Study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 1985 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Bankers Trust New York Corp.
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Bankers Trust New York Corp." Harvard Business School Case 286-005, August 1985. (Revised July 1991.)
- February 2016 (Revised August 2016)
- Case
Chilli Beans: Peace, Love, and Sunglasses
By: José B. Alvarez, Robert Mackalski and Andrew Otazo
This case illustrates how Chilli Beans became the most popular sunglasses retailer in Brazil and the issues it faced when expanding into the United States. View Details
Keywords: Sunglasses; Brazil; Sao Paulo; Chilli Beans; Watches; Fast Fashion; Supply Chain; Retail; Franchise; International Expansion; Culture; Middle Class; Fashion; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Design; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Goods and Commodities; Leadership; Marketing; Operations; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Brazil; China
Alvarez, José B., Robert Mackalski, and Andrew Otazo. "Chilli Beans: Peace, Love, and Sunglasses." Harvard Business School Case 516-020, February 2016. (Revised August 2016.)
- April 2006
- Teaching Note
Business Plan for Room For Dessert (TN)
By: Michael J. Roberts and Joseph B. Lassiter III
Teaching Note to (899-008). View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
lives of Henry David Thoreau, Robert Frost, Susan B. Anthony, and Jane Goodall, mixed with contemporary cases today of people looking for the great work of their life. It’s not a how-to book, but it contains... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Book Review: The Old West
civil rights group protesting segregation in the Chicago schools. A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s, by Robert B. McKersie (MBA 1956/DBA 1959) "If... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 1985
- Book
The Uneasy Alliance: Managing the Productivity-Technology Dilemma
By: Kim B. Clark, Robert H. Hayes and Christopher Lorenz
Clark, Kim B., Robert H. Hayes and Christopher Lorenz, eds. The Uneasy Alliance: Managing the Productivity-Technology Dilemma. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.
- March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
MiCRUS: Activity-Based Management for Business Turnaround
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Jonathan B. Schiff and Stanley Abraham
MiCRUS is a new company, spun off from IBM as a joint venture between IBM and Cirrus Logic to produce semiconductor wafers at world-class costs for its two parent companies. The senior management team needs to overcome the bureaucratic, internally focused culture that... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., Jonathan B. Schiff, and Stanley Abraham. "MiCRUS: Activity-Based Management for Business Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 101-070, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- November 1985
- Supplement
Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy, Supplement
By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Corporate Strategy
Crane, Dwight B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Paine Webber (A): Choosing a Corporate Strategy, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 286-035, November 1985.
- November 1981
- Supplement
Textile Corp. of America: Part II--In Retrospect, Video
By: Louis B. Barnes and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Barnes, Louis B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Textile Corp. of America: Part II--In Retrospect, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 882-502, November 1981.
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
that want to get ahead should focus on strategy. "Sound strategy involves tradeoffs," said Porter. "You must pick a different endpoint than your rivals." Dean Kim B. Clark introduced conference participants to the HBS intranet,... View Details
- November–December 2020
- Article
The Risks You Can't Foresee: What to Do When There's No Playbook
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Herman B. Leonard and Anette Mikes
No matter how good their risk management systems are, companies can’t plan for everything. Some risks are outside people’s realm of experience or so remote no one could have imagined them. Some result from a perfect storm of coinciding breakdowns, and some materialize... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., Herman B. Leonard, and Anette Mikes. "The Risks You Can't Foresee: What to Do When There's No Playbook." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 6 (November–December 2020): 40–46.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Novel Risks
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Anette Mikes
All organizations practice some form of risk management to identify and assess routine risks in their operations, supply chains, strategy, and external environment. These risk management policies, however, fail in the presence of novelty. Novel risks arise from... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, and Anette Mikes. "Novel Risks." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-094, March 2020. (Revised May 2020.)
- 1988
- Book
Dynamic Manufacturing: Creating the Learning Organization
Hayes, Robert H., Steven C. Wheelwright, and Kim B. Clark. Dynamic Manufacturing: Creating the Learning Organization. New York, NY: Free Press, 1988.
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death" (TN)
By: Ramana Nanda, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Michael J. Roberts
Teaching Note for 810144. View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
out for the conference's program of seminars, panel discussions, and social events. Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine and the School's new Dean, Kim B. Clark, also joined us, along with some fifty outstanding speakers from a variety of... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Professors Fox, Mace Remembered
MBA in 1938, Mace remained at the School as a research associate before being posted to England for military service in 1942. There he worked with Robert S. McNamara (MBA '39), a friend and fellow HBS faculty member, to help set up... View Details
- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
its Seal of Distinction, along with a $30,000 prize and access to restricted grants that average more than $500,000 annually. “One of the few textbooks I kept after HBS was from a performance-measurement course taught by Professor Robert... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- May 1988
- Article
Management Dilemmas in Securities Firms
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Dwight B. Crane
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Management; Business Ventures; Financial Instruments; Financial Services Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., and Dwight B. Crane. "Management Dilemmas in Securities Firms." Issue 726 International Financing Review (May 1988): 13–14.
- November 1981
- Supplement
Textile Corp. of America: Part I--What Happened, Video
By: Louis B. Barnes and Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Barnes, Louis B., and Robert G. Eccles Jr. "Textile Corp. of America: Part I--What Happened, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 882-501, November 1981.