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- September 2014 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Fast Ion Battery
By: Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White and Stephanie Puzio
John Davidson, a partner at Ware Street Capital (WSC) and a board member at Fast Ion Battery, had just received a phone call from Don Lerner at Bluelock Ventures telling him that Bluelock would not participate in the $5M bridge financing for Fast Ion Battery. Lerner's... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Real Options; Term Sheets; Clean Technology; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital
Nanda, Ramana, Robert F. White, and Stephanie Puzio. "Fast Ion Battery." Harvard Business School Case 815-025, September 2014. (Revised March 2015.)
- Article
Bureaucratic versus Craft Administration: The Relationship of Market Structure to the Construction Firm
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Bureaucratic versus Craft Administration: The Relationship of Market Structure to the Construction Firm." Administrative Science Quarterly 26, no. 3 (September 1981): 449–469.
- December 1982
- Article
The Quasifirm in the Construction Industry
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Construction Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "The Quasifirm in the Construction Industry." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2, no. 4 (December 1982): 335–337.
- February 1991 (Revised January 1992)
- Background Note
Note on Control Systems
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Note on Control Systems." Harvard Business School Background Note 491-084, February 1991. (Revised January 1992.)
- November 1990 (Revised February 1991)
- Case
Compaq Computer Corp.
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Computer Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Compaq Computer Corp." Harvard Business School Case 491-011, November 1990. (Revised February 1991.)
- January 1982
- Case
GenRad, Inc. (D): The Pursuit of Renascence Under The Ambivalence Born of the Confluence of Nascence and Senescence
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Electronics Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "GenRad, Inc. (D): The Pursuit of Renascence Under The Ambivalence Born of the Confluence of Nascence and Senescence." Harvard Business School Case 482-108, January 1982.
- November 1980 (Revised October 1984)
- Supplement
Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (C)
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Progressive Corp.'s Divisionalization Decision (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 481-069, November 1980. (Revised October 1984.)
- Article
Models of Best Practice in Integrated Reporting 2015
By: Robert G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus and Sydney Ribot
In March of 2015, the authors reviewed the integrated reports of 25 multinational companies that participated in the International Integrated Reporting Council's (IIRC's) Pilot Programme Business Network. Because it was not until December 2013 that companies had any... View Details
Eccles, Robert G., Michael P. Krzus, and Sydney Ribot. "Models of Best Practice in Integrated Reporting 2015." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 27, no. 2 (Spring 2015): 103–115.
- 2018
- Book
New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy
By: Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert
This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of political economy in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis and suggests fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end... View Details
Fredona, Robert and Sophus A. Reinert, eds. New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Link between Non-financial and Financial Performance in One Space Authors: Robert G. Eccles, Jess Schulschenk, and George Serafeim Publication: In Making Investment Grade: The Future of Corporate Reporting, edited View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2015
- Working Paper
Materiality in Corporate Governance: The Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality
By: Robert G. Eccles and Tim Youmans
Under the prevailing ideology of "shareholder primacy" most boards of directors believe that they are prevented from considering stakeholders other than shareholders in determining material issues and materiality for strategy and reporting. New research is showing that... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations
Eccles, Robert G., and Tim Youmans. "Materiality in Corporate Governance: The Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-023, September 2015.
- Guest Column
In This Corner, DJSI; and in This Corner, Materiality. Ding!
By: Robert G. Eccles and Tim Youmans
Eccles, Robert G., and Tim Youmans. "In This Corner, DJSI; and in This Corner, Materiality. Ding!" User Views. MaterialityTracker (July 2015). (Guest Column.)
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Exeter Group, Inc. (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 409001. View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 409046. View Details
- First Quarter 2011
- Article
Two Disruptive Ideas Combined: Integrated Reporting in the Cloud
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kyle Armbrester
Eccles, Robert G., and Kyle Armbrester. "Two Disruptive Ideas Combined: Integrated Reporting in the Cloud." IESE Insight, no. 8 (First Quarter 2011): 13–20.
- March – April 2011
- Article
Integrated Reporting: A Source of Competitive Advantage
By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
- February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China
Eccles, Robert G., and Catherine Zhang. "Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-065, February 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
- December 2007 (Revised June 2009)
- Case
KPMG (A): A Near-Death Experience
By: Robert G. Eccles and Eliot Sherman
Describes the way in which "Big Four" auditor KPMG dealt with an indictment stemming from the firm's sale of tax shelters. In 2005 Tim Flynn has been KPMG Chairman for a matter of days when he learns that the government is preparing to indict the firm on charges of... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Crime and Corruption; Taxation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Crisis Management; Partners and Partnerships; Accounting Industry; Service Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and Eliot Sherman. "KPMG (A): A Near-Death Experience." Harvard Business School Case 408-073, December 2007. (Revised June 2009.)
- Article
Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green
By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
Keywords: Sustainability; Financial Services; Banks; Insurance Companies; Risk; Risk Management; Insurance; Accounting; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim. "Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green." Harvard Business Review Blogs (May 15, 2013).