by Robert S. Kaplan - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

results illustrate how firms redesign their organizational structure through a set of complementary choices in response to changes in their environment. We discuss several possible interpretations of these changes. Managing Risk in the New World Authors:Robert View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains

technology company that they planned to start. “Having to submit the plan formally and knowing it would be scrutinized forced us to spend a lot more time making sure all the details — especially the financials — were perfect,” says Bang Networks president View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

presence of war. Does the fall of Rome, the Battle of Shiloh, the Normandy Landings––and today’s wars—give proof of life or only of the struggle? The Panic of 1907: Heralding a New Era of Finance, Capitalism, and Democracy By View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Mar 2016
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On Credit

also be a bank cashier, postmaster, sheriff, or even another businessperson. Each was known by a number or initials. While no key exists to their identities, it’s believed that Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

02 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 2, 2010

Ceilings, Floors, and Imperfect Calibration Authors:F. Gino, Z. S. Sharek, and D. A. Moore Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research has claimed that people exaggerate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2001
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Reaching Out

private sector. Founded by two enterprising students, Robert R. Halperin (MBA '82) and Nathaniel W. Foote (MBA '81, JD '82), the program, which has had more than 350 participants, recently marked its... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

in the U.S. Army. Before joining Aon, he was a managing director at Marsh & McLennan, where he worked for 31 years. Robert P. Williams, a friend and colleague, called Demas "a natural leader and mentor." At Demas's memorial service,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

28 Jun 2024
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Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories

1980), Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large, Office of the Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and the Business Leadership Award, given to Clara Wu Tsai (MBA 1993), vice chair of BSE Global and owner of the New York Liberty... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

ventures they began, from the 1950s through the 1970s. Of those, take one area for closer inspection in search of the HBS imprint - broadcast and cable television. In the mid-1950s, Thomas S. Murphy (MBA '49) found himself managing an... View Details

June 2022
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A New Initiative to Track HIV Resource Allocation and Costs

By: Ryan McBain, AK Nandakumar, Michael Ruffner, Carlyn Mann, Mai Hijazi, Susanna Baker, Linden Morrison, Kalipso Chalkidou, Shufang Zhang, Iris Semini, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Steven Forsythe, Sarah Byakika, Joshua Musinguzi and Robert S. Kaplan

In early 2020, several global health institutions – including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); United States Agency for International Development; and Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator at... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing; HIV; Cost; Health Care; Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; Activity Based Costing and Management; Resource Allocation; Health Industry; Africa

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08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://hbr.org/2012/05/six-myths-of-product-development/ar/1 Working PapersLearning by Supplying Authors:Juan Alcácer and Joanne Oxley Abstract Learning processes lie at the heart of our... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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restaurant industry with Senior Lecturer Lena Goldberg and Visiting Lecturer Michael Kaufman Prognosis Professor Robert S. Huckman and Peter Slavin, president of Massachusetts General Hospital, on how the... View Details

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

offering assistance to academics whose work has been impacted by Russia's war on Ukraine. The program, founded in 2001, is dedicated to helping scholars, artists, writers, and public intellectuals from around the world escape persecution... View Details

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2192460 Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks Authors:Ivashina, Victoria, David S. Scharfstein, and Jeremy C. Stein Abstract A large share of dollar-denominated lending is done View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

Performance: The July Phenomenon in Teaching Hospitals By: Song, Hummy, Robert S. Huckman, and Jason R. Barro Abstract—We consider the impact of cohort turnover—the planned simultaneous exit of a large... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

grandchildren to live in. For me, those are the stakes." Planting Hope in the New World Erling S. Lorentzen Aracruz Celulose S.A. by Garry Emmons "You can't expect people who don't eat a proper meal to be... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

Turkey. When the video ends, Janice McCormick, director of Academic Services, flicks on the lights and leads the group on its first foray into case method learning. Despite McCormick's encouragement, it is an awkward exercise, marked by... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

later an escape for actor Marlon Brando, the islands are now home to a Pacific Beachcomber resort. Central Park Trees and Landscapes: A Guide to New York City's Masterpiece by Edward S. Barnard (PMD 32) and... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

(AMP 94, 1984) (iUniverse) Simple Sabotage: A Modern Field Manual for Detecting and Rooting Out Everyday Behaviors That Undermine Your Workplace by Robert Galford (MBA 1976), Bob Frisch, and Cary Greene (MBA... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

HBS Club of India’s YouTube channel.) "At a time of crushing despair and grief, when India has been hit hard by COVID, we wanted to talk about stories of selflessness, kindness, and courage—how HBS Alums went above and beyond to help the... View Details

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