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- 06 Sep 2008
- News
New book by Harvard's Robert Kaplan examines How to Execute Strategy
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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
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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
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
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 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
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Robert McNamara: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 124-036, December 2023.
Robert H. Hayes
Robert Hayes is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School. Prior to his appointment to the Harvard Faculty in 1966, he worked for I.B.M. and McKinsey & Company. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1966 from... View Details
- 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
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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 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 Jun 2015
- News
Interview: professor Robert G. Eccles, Harvard Business School
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Goodwin Illustration by Jack Unruh Over the past two decades, Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007) has made a career of getting involved in complex and intractable global crises, from helping to rebuild the Iraqi... View Details
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
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