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Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader

By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell
Being a great leader today is much harder than you think—meet Jim Barton. He's a newly minted CEO, rising leader of a firm in transition, and manager of massive complexity—thanks to our incredibly networked and increasingly unpredictable world of business. What if you... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Complexity; Crisis Management; Problems and Challenges; Volatility
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Austin, Robert D., Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell. Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader. Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.
  • 01 Mar 2011
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Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution In his new book, Seven Strategy Questions, Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration Robert Simons explains how managers can... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

misconceptions distort the popular understanding of U.S. multinationals in China. In this paper, we seek to correct four common misunderstandings by providing a statistical portrait of several aspects of U.S. affiliate activity in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

No-fault Default, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and Financial Institutions

By: Robert C. Merton and Richard T. Thakor
This paper analyzes the costs and benefits of a no-fault-default debt structure as an alternative to the typical bankruptcy process. We show that the deadweight costs of bankruptcy can be avoided or substantially reduced through no-fault-default debt, which permits a... View Details
Keywords: No-fault Default; Chapter 11; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Borrowing and Debt; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Institutions; Contracts
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Merton, Robert C., and Richard T. Thakor. "No-fault Default, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and Financial Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28341, January 2021.
  • 06 Dec 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean

Twenty years ago, when a broker called to tell Jon Simon (MBA 1980) about the possibility of acquiring Parkway Custom Drycleaning, the broker didn’t initially reveal what it was—a high-end dry-cleaning business founded in 1926. Convinced... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; career; life experiences; dry cleaning; leadership; music; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services
  • October 2009
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Managing Risk in the New World

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Anette Mikes, Robert Simons, Peter Tufano and Michael Hofmann Jr.
Five experts gathered recently to discuss the future of enterprise risk management: Kaplan, the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School, who with his colleague David Norton developed the balanced scorecard; Mikes, an assistant professor at HBS who studies... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Crisis; Capital Structure; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Risk Management
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Kaplan, Robert S., Anette Mikes, Robert Simons, Peter Tufano, and Michael Hofmann Jr. "Managing Risk in the New World." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 10 (October 2009): 68–75.
  • 01 Jun 2015
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Fever Pitch

great generation of small business owners. Most Innovative Selected by alumni and students BollyX Fitness (Northeastern US Region) Minal Mehta (MBA 2011) The world’s leading and fastest-growing Bollywood fitness company. Greatest Impact... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Personal Services
  • 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10

a comprehensive approach to understanding the drivers of firm location choices by modeling not only the impact of location and firm heterogeneity, but also the strategic interaction among firms. August 2013 Harvard Business Review How... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Risk Management for Corporate Leaders

By: Robert Simons
As companies adapt to the aftershocks of the global recession, senior executives and boards are discovering that risk management has never been more important. The financial crisis revealed that risk management structures break down just when... View Details
  • February 2019 (Revised March 2021)
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C3.ai—Driven to Succeed

By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-004. Teaching Note includes link to 8 supplement videos for faculty to use during class. View Details
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Simons, Robert. "C3.ai—Driven to Succeed." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 119-066, February 2019. (Revised March 2021.)
  • May 1991 (Revised March 2017)
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Tennessee Controls: The Strategic Ranking Problem

By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-191-083). View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Strategy
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Simons, Robert. "Tennessee Controls: The Strategic Ranking Problem." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 191-199, May 1991. (Revised March 2017.)
  • April 1991 (Revised May 2017)
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Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision

By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-190-059). View Details
Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Boundary Systems; Information Technology; Decision Making
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Simons, Robert. "Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 191-170, April 1991. (Revised May 2017.)
  • April 1991 (Revised March 2017)
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Westchester Distributing, Inc. (A) and (B)

By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-191-118) and (9-191-119). View Details
Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Internal Controls; Risk Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Distribution Industry
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Simons, Robert. "Westchester Distributing, Inc. (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 191-172, April 1991. (Revised March 2017.)
  • September 1987 (Revised May 2017)
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Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System

By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-187-081). View Details
Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Control Systems; Planning; System
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Simons, Robert. "Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 188-029, September 1987. (Revised May 2017.)
  • 10 Jun 2025
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How Bill Wilson Cofounded Alcoholics Anonymous and Created a Lasting Social Movement

  • 01 Nov 2022
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Marie Curie: A Case Study in Breaking Barriers

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Executive Education: Driving Corporate Performance

By: Robert Simons
As companies strive to sustain a competitive advantage in a global economy, they must continue to assess their corporate mission and reset their strategic goals. Driving Corporate Performance is designed to help business leaders accurately... View Details
  • 2017
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Designing an Agile Software Portfolio Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Performance

By: Alan MacCormack and Robert Lagerstrom
The modern industrial corporation encompasses a myriad of different software applications, each of which must work in concert to deliver functionality to end-users. However, the increasingly complex and dynamic nature of competition in today’s product-markets dictates... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness
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MacCormack, Alan, and Robert Lagerstrom. "Designing an Agile Software Portfolio Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Performance." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2017). (doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2017.297, ISSN 2151-6561.)
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

How to Fix ESG Reporting

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
Investors, advocacy groups, academics, and the 200 CEOs of the US Business Roundtable have asked corporations to take on an added purpose beyond a narrow pursuit of shareholder value. In response, many companies now issue ESG (Environmental, Societal, and Governance)... View Details
Keywords: ESG Reporting; Sustainability; Corporate Purpose; Greenhouse Gas; Activity-Based Costing; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics; Goals and Objectives; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Accountability
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Kaplan, Robert S., and Karthik Ramanna. "How to Fix ESG Reporting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-005, July 2021.
  • November 1987 (Revised April 2017)
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Polysar Limited

By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note for (9-187-098). View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Strategy And Execution; Performance Measurement; Variance Analysis; Profit Management; Canada
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Simons, Robert. "Polysar Limited." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 187-198, November 1987. (Revised April 2017.)
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