by Robert Eccles - Publications - Faculty & Research

Awards

Institutional Investor. People of Power and Influence in Finance

Profiled as one of the 40 People of Power & Influence in Finance during the Last 40 Years, by Institutional Investor magazine in its special May 2007 issue celebrating the magazine's 40th anniversary. View Details

Portrait Project

Robert Carpenter

the pieces and make sense of failure and loss. These are not individually striking moments, yet the peace I find in them speaks its own truth about who I am and what I am called to do. I keep a prayer by the theologian John Baillie on... View Details

Profile

Robert Leke

reflective person before HBS, partly because I was not in environments where such practice was valued or promoted. Entering an environment where a reflective nature was encouraged helped me understand myself more. By knowing myself better... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

Portrait Project

Robert Schwartz

will seek adventure. Far-away. Close-by. In-between. I will take a stand. Surrounded by a crowd. With a solitary few. All alone. I will listen and share. My dreams. Your dreams. Our dreams. I will longingly love. Her voice. Her smile. Her... View Details

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

Citation

Educators

Purchase

Robert J. Dolan is the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and began his academic career in 1976 as a faculty member at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He joined... View Details

21 May 2014
HBS Seminar

Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon

Robert S. Abbott

Abbott, the son of slave parents, created the Chicago Defender in 1905 with a total capitalization of twenty-five cents. By 1921, the Defender became a national newspaper, with 70 employees and a plant valued at nearly a half million... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

Robert A. Pritzker

A talented engineer, Pritzker's best asset was his ability to take an ailing industrial company and turn into a highly profitable enterprise. Throughout his career, Pritzker revived about 60 companies, all of which were purchased by his... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

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

24 Apr 2014
Video

Robert Goodwin - Making A Difference

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

Portrait Project

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

20 May 2019
News

What it can mean for Morehouse grads to have loans paid off by Robert Smith

31 Oct 2022
Video

Health Minute: Robert Huckman

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 C. Guccione

the late seventies and early eighties by eclipsing the circulation of Playboy. Guccione chose to primarily sell his magazines at newsstands which enabled his company to reap significant revenue during its heyday. In recent years,... View Details