by Robert Eccles - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Nov 2015
News

An inside view from Powell, complete with regrets

April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
Supplement

RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (B)

The special committee of the RJR Nabisco board has extended the bidding deadline for the company by 10 days. The case explains the process by which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the management group bid against one another for ownership of RJR Nabisco. The board of... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Situation or Environment; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Managerial Roles; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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06 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

taught the course. First introduced to HBS in the late 1980s by Harvard psychiatrist and educator Robert Coles, The Moral Leader uses literature to study moral decision-making and leadership. Individual... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

18 Oct 2013
News

Google Climbs to Record High as Mobile Ads Dominate

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

that just happens. It is something they create. The examples are legion. Robert Noyce invented the integrated circuit on a silicon substrate because the hand work involved in manually connecting lots of tiny wires annoyed him. He... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

21 Feb 2018
News

Study: Use of EHRs Does Not Reduce Administrative Costs

10 Dec 2010
News

Not for Profits

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

store buyers. She was a determined, talented saleswoman, whose methods and commercial imagination can be illustrated by the case of Saks Fifth Avenue. That store's buyer for cosmetics in the late 1940s, View Details

Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail

18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

It is commonly accepted in economic circles that a country can grow faster by making key investments in sectors such as technology and in R&D and human or physical capital. But can a country also grow by... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Jan 2010
News

Kolmogorov Medal from the University of London

19 Sep 2018
News

How To End Procrastination And Finish That Big Project

29 May 2018
News

How Amazon’s digital health moves could affect providers

27 Feb 2024
Cold Call Podcast

How Could Harvard Decarbonize Its Supply Chain?

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Shirley Lu; Green Technology

30 Mar 2015
Video

HBS Campaign - Texas Events

09 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management

measurements for risk management and making managers accountable for these measures. Professor Robert S. Kaplan began the session by providing his perspective on why risk management plays an important role... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan

25 Aug 2022
News

GOP Fury Over ESG Triggers Backlash With US Pensions at Risk

04 Feb 2010
News

U.S. Military Leaders Advocate Shift to Authenticity and Tolerance

29 Nov 2010
News

On Creative Accounting: Two Creativity Myths

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

pursuing your goals accordingly. In this excerpt, he discusses the unfortunate and all-too-common tendency to focus on extrinsic rather than intrinsic motivators. Who Sets Your Benchmarks? From, What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique... View Details

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