by Robert Eccles - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

Brenda Bence (MBA '91) ((Global Insight Communications)) For the Best, You Need Nothing: All You Need Is You by Gian Carlo Bina (PMD 23, 1972) ((Bryce Cullen Publishing)) Good People Bad Credit: Understanding Personality and the Credit... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

Illustrations by the Voorhes Edited by Julia Hanna Complete and utter defeat was something Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) had never really experienced. Academically advanced and musically gifted, she attended... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective

Before he became a federal judge, the controversial Robert Bork once labeled antitrust "a policy at war with itself." In this case, he was right. Antitrust laws are problematic. That is not, however, to say that they are without value.... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

01 Mar 2018
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March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

embracing rebellion at work and in life as well as illuminating case studies from a wide range of industries, this book encourages all to rebel against what’s comfortable so we can thrive. New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy edited View Details

24 Nov 2014
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New York Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening also featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professors Robert S. Kaplan and Malcolm Baker, Associate Professor Amy Cuddy, recent graduate Craig... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

company to success. Act from Choice: Simple Tools for Managing Your Habits, Your Emotions and Yourself, to Be How You Mean to Be by Robert Goldmann (MBA 1961) Goldmann describes what we do (the myriad... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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History’s Lessons

Edited by Julia Hanna; illustrations by Eduardo Recife Professor Nancy Koehn uses the perspective of time to tell the stories of ordinary people who, despite the odds, achieved extraordinary things. As these... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

16 Jan 2014
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Learning from Helping Others

class and a Robert Coles-taught seminar called Moral and Social Inquiry. "We read literature and discussed what the characters had done and what decisions they had made. It allowed us to then think about our own lives and what kinds of... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance

26 Jul 2018
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Running the Numbers

first intranet for a Fortune 50 company. “That was my first exposure to the way innovative data management can transform a big organization,” she notes. “When I went on to HBS, that seed had definitely been planted.” After HBS, Gelman went to work for the Kraft Sports... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

by the John C. Whitehead Fund for Non-for-Profit Management (created by John C. Whitehead [MBA 11/'47], who now chairs the Initiative's advisory board), guided by HBS Social... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

13 Nov 2020
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Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

recognized the opportunity—and necessity—to use their research to help leaders, companies, organizations, and governments navigate the challenges posed by the pandemic. This meant not only extending and reframing their research, but also... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

POZEN: Offers a plan for overhauling the U.S. financial system to avoid a repeat of the recent market meltdown. Most books about the nation’s financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Jun 2003
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Ruling from the Bench

position currently held by Robert Morgenthau, Snyder, who often pins a small American flag on her robes, is drawn to the ongoing war against terrorism. “I would love to find some way to help, but haven’t... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

11 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012) Photos by Danielle Powell and Michael Fensterstock What's the story behind Aromaflage? "I happen to be a mosquito magnet, so being outdoors at dusk was never fun. For years, I had sprayed myself with... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Alumni Achievement Awards

people will all mentor others, which amplifies my actions by my choice to invest in you. Chris Howard (MBA 2003) President, Robert Morris University My narrative is the American narrative—from the... View Details

01 Dec 2000
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Vivek Ranadivé

open systems that can be leveraged by anyone will thrive over closed, proprietary systems; I think of the United States as an open system in that sense." One of Ranadivé's earliest dreams was to study at MIT, which he learned of through a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Telecommunications; Information; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

were Robert Ryan (MBA '70) and Paula Banks (154th AMP) for professional achievement, the Reverend Jonathan Weaver (MBA '75) for civic commitment, and Lillian Lincoln (MBA '69) for service to the community. Presented jointly View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

13 Oct 2016
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Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

If you are one of the 17 million people who participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge a couple of summers ago, the money you helped raise to support ALS research may be at work today in a late-stage biopharmaceutical company headed by... View Details