Rob - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2019
News

The One That Got Away

being too dogmatic about how you define your sweet spot as an investor; and (2) seek companies that seem extraordinary on some dimension, even if it is unusual or seems deficient in others. Rob Go (MBA 2007) NextView Ventures For the... View Details

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

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

17 Apr 2017
Research Event

The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy

platform that connects pet owners with pet sitters and dog walkers; Rob Infantino, CEO and founder of OpenBay, which connects car owners with repair shops; Elsa Sze, founder and CEO of Agora, which facilitates online town hall meetings... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Service

11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

to watch sports on the Web, having been weaned on the medium. In April, Causeway purchased a non-controlling stake in Street League Skateboarding, founded by professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek in 2010, which features 25 challengers... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

27 May 2014
News

Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma

2009 John Richardson, MBA 2012 Diego Rodriguez, MBA 2001 Sarah Rose, MBA 2012 Christina Royce, MBA 2012 Jon Rudoe, MBA 2006 Rob Ryman, MBA 2008 Alex Saltzman, MBA 2012 Joshua Sandberg, MBA 2011 Steven Sarao Christian Sarkar Emily Sawtell,... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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

01 Sep 2013
News

Leading the Way

pushing forward to improve the world we live in. I'm honored to be working with Nitin and the School's great leadership team—including Ralph James (MBA 1982) and Professors Rob Kaplan (MBA 1983) and Bill Sahlman (MBA 1975, PhDBE 1982)—to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2010
News

Letters to the Editor

Guthrie’sÂ “The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd”: Yes, as through this world I’ve wandered I’ve seen lots of funny men; Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen. Â Sam Heffner (MBA ’70) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Squeaky Clean... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

24 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 24

comparison of the various approaches, with examples, and their pros and cons. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810145-PDF-ENG One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A) Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn A. SimpsonHarvard Business School Case 411-006... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Aug 2014
News

With No Time to Lose

the knowledge base for the disease. And last, researchers needed a proper mouse model for lab studies. Prize4Life sprung out of HBS in 2006 with a full complement of newly minted MBAs on board and with guidance from current and former faculty such as View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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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01 Mar 2021
News

Harvard Business School Announces Spring 2021 Cohort of Executive Fellows

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

02 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Health Care Research and Prospects

outstanding work. Rob Huckman's done a lot of very interesting work on adoption of new medical technology and how competing technologies—how the organization of hospitals influences the uptake of competing technologies. He did a wonderful... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Health

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

cadavers. Such concern is also probably heightened by U.S. historical accounts of grave robbing (Goodwin 2006; Sappol 2002; Shultz 1991). Together these elements contribute to fears of "body-snatching." C. A Market in All but... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

27 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

family-owned businesses employ a family member as the CEO. Sam Walton founded and the Walton family still owns Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., for example, and the founder's son Rob Walton is chairman of the board, but the company's president and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

seemingly in mid-air (he later admitted the hoax) and "who's playing whom?" such as Toronto mayor Rob Ford's selfie-mania with constituents. Click to watch. Going Too Far Given the loose, spontaneous nature of social media marketing,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

file sharing has robbed them of billions of dollars after four consecutive years of falling music sales, they criticized the team's methodology, which consisted of monitoring 1.75 million downloads over 17 weeks in 2002, scouring through... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

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