by Robert S. Kaplan - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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 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

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

communicating, such as letters and phone calls. Robert C. Berner (MBA '36), who has served as class secretary for 43 years, is in regular contact with his classmates. "The class is my extended family," Berner says. "Not many days go View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

Robert S. McNamara (MBA 1939). Two years later, Howard Cox followed the same route from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to Greylock as associate number two. In the early 1970s, the firm also added to... View Details

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 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

01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Drives Biology by W. David Lee (AMP 108, 1991), with Jeffrey Drazen, Phillip A. Sharp, and Robert S. Langer (MIT Press) Investigating a series of major biological discoveries... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Opinion: Making It Better

Image by Jezper by Regina E. Herzlinger Health care now represents some 18 percent of the American economy. With its costs continuing to rise, and with tens of millions uninsured, we in the United States are... View Details

Keywords: Herzlinger, Regina; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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

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

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

13 Nov 2020
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Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

recognized the opportunity—and necessity—to use their research to help leaders, companies, organizations, and governments navigate the challenges posed by the pandemic. This meant not only extending and reframing their research, but also... View Details

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