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  • 20 May 2024
  • News

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    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
    • 30 Oct 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

    In a recent Harvard Business Review article, professor Robert Simons wrote about how organizations can design jobs for maximum performance. In this excerpt, Simons discusses what he terms the four basic "spans" of a job—control,... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert Simons

      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
            • 2006
            • Book Review

            Book Review of 'What Price the Moral High Ground? Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive Environments' by Robert Frank

            By: Nien-he Hsieh
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            • 09 Jan 2006
            • Research & Ideas

            When Benchmarks Don’t Work

            that internal support or shared services groups provide, such straight-across cost or numeric comparisons become meaningless. Today's successful support unit earns its keep by being a trusted partner to the business units it serves. So,... View Details
            Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service
            • 25 Jul 2005
            • Research & Ideas

            An Organization Your Customers Understand

            subordinate to the functions? Maybe you should organize by product, with separate units set up to serve specific markets. You play with the different combinations in your hands. How to decide ... This is the most obvious—and... View Details
            Keywords: by Robert Simons
            • 08 Aug 2005
            • Research & Ideas

            A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability

            When the customer says "jump," they ask "how high?" They offer additional product features and services to their customers, but fail to receive prices that cover the costs for these additional features and services. How can companies avoid this... View Details
            Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
            • 01 Aug 2001
            • News

            Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)

            experience," states Stobaugh, "because I realized how much I had missed the academic world of discussion and ideas." Encouraged by his professors, Stobaugh entered the Harvard DBA Program in 1965 at the age of 37. He earned his doctorate... View Details
            Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Educational Services
            • 08 Jan 2009
            • News

            Harvard Professor Robert C. Merton to Receive MIT’s Muh Award

            • 30 Aug 2004
            • Research & Ideas

            Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

            corporate strategy—create value by becoming known for better governance and greater transparency to external providers? Can they lower their cost of capital and perhaps get a valuation premium based on the reputation and performance of... View Details
            Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
            • 05 Jul 2004
            • Research & Ideas

            Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity

            firm, how do you adapt to this really new technology? And as an established firm, how can you influence the perspective of others and ultimately the industry's evolution? In attempting to adapt, firms are constrained by their prior... View Details
            Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts; Technology
            • 18 Jun 2014
            • News

            Robert (MBA 1964) and Lynn Burt

            Robert (MBA 1964) and Lynn Burt In honor of his 50th Reunion, Robert Burt established a charitable gift annuity that will provide his wife, Lynn, with an income stream from Harvard during her lifetime and... View Details
            • 01 Sep 2004
            • News

            One-on-One with Robert McNamara

            McNamara Illustration by Zak Pullen For a man who once commanded huge organizations and made decisions affecting the lives of millions, Robert S. McNamara (MBA 1939) is mostly on his own these days. Dressed... View Details
            Keywords: Garry Emmons
            • 2016
            • Teaching Note

            Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek—Lighting Liberia

            By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
            Teaching Note for Case 313-032. After successful careers as lawyers and Fellows in Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative, Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by ultimately using advanced... View Details
            Keywords: Solar; Solar Power; Electricity; Clean Technology; Scaling-up; Economic Development; Partnerships; Sustainability; Innovation; Leadership Skills; Renewable Energy; Energy; Infrastructure; Information Technology; Economy; Partners and Partnerships; Distribution; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Social Entrepreneurship; Change Management; Energy Industry; Africa; Liberia
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            • 19 May 2003
            • Research & Ideas

            Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech

            received for those options. Considering that the market systematically puts a higher value on options than employees do, companies are likely to end up with more cash from the sale of externally issued options (which carry with them no deadweight costs) than they would... View Details
            Keywords: by Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan & Robert C. Merton

              Robert W. Johnson, Jr.

              Johnson established J&J management policies, including the “credo,” which still exists today. He decentralized the company during the 1930s by dividing it into a number of small divisions, each responsible for a few products. As part... View Details
              Keywords: Healthcare