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  • December 2023
  • Case

Robert McNamara: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the life of Robert McNamara from Harvard Business School to Ford Motor Company to the U.S. Department of Defense. McNamara excelled in every job along the way: becoming the youngest-ever professor at Harvard Business School, the first non-family... View Details
Keywords: Performance Measurement; Military; Leadership Development; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Success; Business and Government Relations; Power and Influence; Business Education; War
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Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Robert McNamara: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 124-036, December 2023.
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Robert M. Tichio

who may despair or who are hopeless. To find those people not on the other side of the globe, but in the cubicle next door. That relationships will be my legacy. That my life will be marked not by the content of my accomplishments but... View Details

    Robert C. Stanley

    position by officially becoming a Canadian company, under Stanley’s leadership, Inco was able to become the world’s largest nickel company, producing 90% of the world’s nickel in 1951. View Details
    Keywords: Metals
    • 31 Oct 2022
    • Video

    Health Minute: Robert Huckman

    • Portrait Project

    Robert Duke Biederman

    boardroom. I want to do things like that for my kids. When I was a little boy, my mom was a lawyer in private practice. She left work early and took me to the park for ice cream and a ride on the carousel. I want to build a company by... View Details

      Robert L. Vann

      well as garnering the black vote for a myriad of political campaigns. The Courier grew tremendously under Vann, reaching a circulation level of 250,000 by 1938 as one of very few truly national black newspapers. View Details
      Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

        Robert F. McDermott

        diversified financial services enterprise with over $30 billion in assets. His deep commitment to customer service and concern for employee satisfaction were recognized by industry analysts who often ranked USAA as the best managed... View Details
        Keywords: Finance

          Robert R. McCormick

          effective source of raw material. One of the last great journalists to implant his own personality on a newspaper, McCormick was both hailed and vilified for his staunchly conservative and isolationist views. Though he stirred much personal controversy, the newspaper... View Details
          Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
          • 01 Sep 2006
          • News

          One-on-One with Carter Roberts

          Roberts Illustration by PJ Loughran Carter Roberts (MBA ’88) traces his enchantment with nature back to his early childhood in Atlanta, where he roamed a backyard forest and... View Details
          Keywords: Roger Thompson

            Robert F. Six

            Six transformed Continental Airlines from a one-route “puddle-jumper” into one of the world’s major airlines. He is credited with dramatically expanding air travel by being one of the first executives to introduce low and discounted... View Details
            Keywords: Transportation

              Robert F. Bensinger

              from a $13 million breakeven business into a $350 million diversified recreational products manufacturer. Bensinger’s accomplishments were recognized by his induction into the National Bowling Hall of Fame. View Details
              Keywords: Fabricated Goods

                Robert W. Galvin

                Galvin led Motorola to become the second largest producer of semiconductors in the nation in the mid-1960s, and by 1984, Motorola had $2.5 billion in semiconductor sales. In the 1970s and 80s, Galvin also had tremendous success producing... View Details
                Keywords: Computers & Electronics

                  Robert L. Johnson

                  firm to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. With the capital infusion from the public offering, Johnson expanded his business operations – moving into film production, publishing, and new programming. By the end of the nineties, BET... View Details
                  Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
                  • 22 Jun 2015
                  • News

                  Interview: professor Robert G. Eccles, Harvard Business School

                  • 20 May 2024
                  • News

                  Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

                  • 01 Jan 2011
                  • News

                  Robert Kraft, MBA 1965

                  Bowls 2010 Launches "Kick Cancer" season-long campaign In 1994, Robert Kraft paid a record amount — $172 million — for one of the worst football teams in the NFL. The New England Patriots had lost 36 of their last 50 games and had the... View Details
                  • 22 Nov 2010
                  • Research & Ideas

                  Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

                  Business leaders can't develop and execute effective strategy without first gathering the right information, says Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons. In his new book, Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better... View Details
                  Keywords: by Robert Simons

                    Robert T. B. Stevens

                    In response to the changing nature of the textile industry and to the growing inefficiencies in the company, Stevens merged the manufacturing and selling sides of the business and took the new entity public to raise much needed funds. The new structural change was... View Details
                    Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
                    • 30 Oct 2005
                    • Research & Ideas

                    Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

                    In a recent Harvard Business Review article, professor Robert Simons wrote about how organizations can design jobs for maximum performance. In this excerpt, Simons discusses what he terms the four basic "spans" of a job—control,... View Details
                    Keywords: by Robert Simons
                    • 2006
                    • Book Review

                    Book Review of 'What Price the Moral High Ground? Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments' by Robert Frank

                    By: Nien-he Hsieh
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                    Hsieh, Nien-he. "Book Review of 'What Price the Moral High Ground? Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments' by Robert Frank." Business Ethics Quarterly 16, no. 2 (April 2006): 306.
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