by Robert Pozen - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

been socialized by family members, educators, and the media to associate leadership with a particular version of masculinity, an image Trump exemplified in his persona as the supremely successful businessman. He reinforced the masculine,... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

May 6, 2024
Book Review

Is That What You Really Think?: Book Review of "Third Millennium Thinking" by Saul Perlmutter, John Campbell and Robert MacCoun

By: Michael Luca

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Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Anne Arlinghaus

After successful careers as lawyers Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by increasing Liberian citizens’ access to lighting solutions. They developed the Liberian Energy Network, which aimed... View Details

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Book Review of International Big Business, 1957-67: A Study of Comparative Growth, edited by Robert Rowthorn and Stephen Hymer

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Business History; Growth and Development

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23 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

In The Strategy-Focused Organization, HBS professor Robert Kaplan and David Norton, president of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, share the results of ten years of research into companies that have implemented the Balanced Scorecard.... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

but they will inform the process by asking questions like "How do we keep suppliers from accessing the payroll data?" Just as companies keep an eye on their equipment and supplies by conducting... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

29 Sep 2008
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Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

the importance of risk management and oversight. Robert C. Merton, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, similarly expressed concern about the unintended consequences of change on Wall Street, closing with the assertion that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

08 May 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Capitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan

Keywords: by Robert Dujarric & Andrei Hagiu

24 Jun 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy

Keywords: by Robert L. Simons

23 May 2011
Op-Ed

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also to investors, the countries... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim

20 Dec 2006
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The Demise of Cost and Profit Centers

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

20 Nov 2018
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Reverse the Curse of the Top-5

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Education

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

by themselves. They need contributions—actions and ideas—from everyone. Individuals far from corporate and regional headquarters create considerable value by finding new and improved ways of doing business.... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

14 Jul 2003
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Keeping Your Balance With Customers

A successful CM strategy must address each of the following processes. (Typical objectives and measures for customer management are shown in Figure 1.) 1. Customer selection. The customer selection process begins with an understanding of the customer, first View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

24 Jan 2005
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Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

now possible through an approach that we call time-driven ABC, which we have successfully helped more than 100 client companies implement, including those described in this article. In the revised approach, managers directly estimate the resource demands imposed View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson

16 Sep 2015
Op-Ed

The Real Duty of the Board of Directors

capital. These rights are free from the burdens of ownership. Shareholders thus become temporary, while the corporation is permanent—controlled not by shareholders, but by the board of directors. Under a... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans

04 Nov 2015
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Cohort Turnover and Operational Performance: The July Phenomenon in Teaching Hospitals

Keywords: by Hummy Song, Robert S. Huckman & Jason R. Barro; Health

04 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought

Editor's note: A hybrid of a novel and a guidebook, Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader invites readers to critique the journey of Jim Barton, the new CEO of a west coast aerospace firm. Written by business... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan & Shannon O'Donnell; Aerospace