by Robert Pozen - Publications - Faculty & Research

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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Purchase

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

order to bring about procedures that work, rather than try to impose our will," Cochrane said. A "disruptive Technology" Robert Gasser of J. P. Morgan completed the presentation by providing... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

08 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?

in the organization. As outlined in a piece by Robert Mays of The Ringer, McVay constantly has informal meetings with players to help them become more comfortable with various schemes and play designs, and... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

21 Feb 2018
News

Study: Use of EHRs Does Not Reduce Administrative Costs

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

30 Mar 2015
Video

HBS Campaign - Texas Events

21 May 2014
News

Green Economy: Well-run companies tend to perform better in environmental terms

10 Dec 2010
News

Not for Profits

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

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

them—potentially, at least—a strategic edge that private funds lack. These differences—good and bad—are illustrated by the case of Xerox Technology Ventures (XTV). The case, write Gompers and Lerner, "highlights the fact... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

18 Oct 2013
News

Google Climbs to Record High as Mobile Ads Dominate

01 Jan 2010
News

Kolmogorov Medal from the University of London

19 Sep 2018
News

How To End Procrastination And Finish That Big Project

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

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

30 Aug 2014
News

A new green wave

07 Mar 2017
News

Hospitals could bear the financial brunt of the American Health Care Act

27 Feb 2024
Cold Call Podcast

How Could Harvard Decarbonize Its Supply Chain?

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

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

Bazerman Failures of prioritization arise when potential threats are recognized by leaders but not deemed sufficiently serious to warrant immediate attention. Monsanto fell into this trap in late 1999 when CEO View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

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