Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

Compared with my colleague, I had accomplished so little over such a long career; my two measly books were more like an embarrassment, given his output. Robert Merton was 46 when he won the award. Merton had the office on the other side of my office. You see the problem.

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Merton Black-Scholes Welch Organizational Behavior 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The problem with the new mission, though, is that it's missing one word: positive. Of course, HBS hopes to educate leaders who make a positive difference in the world, but that's harder to do than it might seem. Most leaders don't have much of an impact (as I wrote about in my first post ) and picking someone who will is risky.

Company 14

Company Champy Merton Leadership 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. They might be surprised at how certain economic notions have been directly applied in business, with largely positive results. Here a few notable examples.

Strategy 13

Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Furthermore, if youre the publican, and youve been chatting with me and with Bill, then youre even better positioned to become a de facto arbitrator of notes — a bank. And thats exactly the role that pubs began to play. You might say that a radically decentralized, p2p financial system spontaneously arose.

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Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15