Rob - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Nov 2020
News

Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

Harvard and beyond—to offer insights, strategies, and best practices.” — Gary Pisano Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development Research Highlights How the Pandemic Might Change US Health Care View Details

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Leading a Family Business - Course Catalog

Benetton/Edizione Carvajal S.A COFRA/C&A J.M. Huber Market Basket Milo’s Tea Pentland Brands White Castle The core text for the course will be Harvard Business Review’s Family Business Handbook , written by Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer.... View Details

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

them to open up and share their authentic selves, life stories, crucibles, and their hopes and dreams enable them to flourish and grow as leaders by feeling fully accepted. The real danger of labeling people by their external characteristics is that it View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

16 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

planning for the long term, however, good judo strategists must also be prepared to "pivot," as Rob Glaser (chairman and CEO of RealNetworks) says. "When we make trade-offs between short-term gain and long-term... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

01 Dec 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

1981), John L. Orcutt, and Paul C. Remus (Wiley Financial) Year Zero: A Novel by Rob Reid (MBA 1994) (Del Rey) Vanished in the Dunes (A Hamptons Mystery) by Allan Retzky (MBA 1962) (Oceanview Publishing) The Surpassing! Life: 52 Practical... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

07 Apr 2011
What Do You Think?

When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

might be threatened. Rob Houck reminds us that considerations of potential legal liability often inhibit transparency in such cases. Should the public sector wait for an "invitation" for its intervention? The sentiment here... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

04 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, a veteran of doing battle with much larger Microsoft, has some words of wisdom on competing against a market giant: "If you want to beat Bobby Fischer, don't play chess." Glaser, president and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

24 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709043 One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon Harvard Business School Case 409-044 Rob Smith, senior partner of construction consultancy Davis Langdon, has just led the firm... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2003
News

Alumni Bookshelf

The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1941–1945 by Michael Beschloss (MBA 1980) (Simon & Schuster) Noted presidential historian, author, and commentator Beschloss offers an insightful, comprehensive, behind-the-scenes account of... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

to their employers. Internment not only robbed companies of these key employees, it also made it more difficult for companies to recruit and retain workers for their European businesses. “Only [a] few of the old India experts have found... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

issues to a new level by commenting, "It is tough to even have people agree on what is being denied ." Denial can be beneficial. Joline Godfrey waxed almost poetic in saying that "denial is a critical component of my ability to outwit the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

26 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program

When Rob Zeaske (MBA 2002) came to Harvard Business School two decades ago, he was also interested in having an impact at the intersection of business and social enterprise, but he didn’t know exactly how to pursue that career. Fast... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

01 Apr 2019
What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

favors the lower end by eliminating involuntary unemployment, raising wages, and increasing labor’s leverage to demand higher wages.” Rob Kautz and JohnfrmClevelnd took on the naysayers with extensive comments. “The long-bond desk is... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Sep 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?

nuanced. This reflected what DDB identified as “a huge new challenge for CEO’s” and a complicated one, according to Rob Jones. But only three respondents addressed the question of limits on the practice. More about that below. Ernie... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2014
News

What’s Next

forward. Rob Kasameyer (MBA 1976), Woburn, Massachusetts NN: I always find it helpful to return to our mission statement: Harvard Business School educates leaders who make a difference in the world. What has made HBS distinctive, since... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Oct 2016
What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

he said "our best policy is to promote economic liberty so that individuals and corporations can adjust to changes in society, technology, the economy, the environment and politics stop trying to make government the engine of growth, and watch the economy soar.”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

choose a lingua franca to expect everyone in the organization to learn a sufficient amount of what may be a totally foreign language for them? A: Needless to say, you want the right people with the right skills on any job. Rob Kaplan and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

Blog

Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs

Datar, Tarun Khanna, and Rob Huckman were all on board. With the all-clear signal given, teams across Executive Education, Dining and Custodial Services, and Operations sprang into action. Details that had not been considered, much less... View Details

January–March 2025
Article

Transitioning from Responsible and Reactive to Deeply Responsible and Proactive International Business

By: Geoffrey G. Jones, Teresa da Silva Lopes, Pavida Pananond, Rob van Tulder, Noemi Sinkovics and Rudolf R. Sinkovics

This article aims to explore the role of multinational enterprises in addressing grand societal challenges, emphasizing the need for integrating environmental and social aspects into business models. It offers an analysis of how principles and values can guide engaged... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Model; Multinational Firms and Management

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