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16 Jun 2022
News

Adam Grant's Seven Commandments for Successful Hybrid Work

December 2022
Article

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Success and Post-ICO Performance

By: Evgeny Lyandres, Berardino Palazzo and Daniel Rabetti

We compile a comprehensive data set of initial coin offerings (ICOs) from 19 data sources including 11 ICO aggregators. We alleviate severe limitations of available ICO data by performing the first systematic analysis of ICO data quality. We use our data set to study... View Details

Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Investment Return; Entrepreneurial Finance; Success; Performance

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We compile a comprehensive data set of initial coin offerings (ICOs) from 19 data sources including 11 ICO aggregators. We alleviate severe limitations of available ICO data by performing the first systematic analysis of ICO data quality. We use our data set to... View Details

March 2006 (Revised March 2014)
Teaching Note

Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology (TN)

By: Noam Wasserman

Teaching Note to 805150. View Details

Keywords: Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards; Selection and Staffing; Transformation; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Decisions

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04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

of treating the topic of e-commerce with awe and confusion, we can now discuss the subject more objectively." What follows is an excerpt from his new book, Implementing E-commerce Strategies: A Guide to Corporate Success after the... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

05 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?

Summing Up Should CEO succession processes be certified? Respondents to this month's column agree that CEO succession is badly managed, perhaps accounting in large part for the fact that few "inside... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

2003
Book

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Michael E. Raynor

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Success; Growth and Development

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2024
Working Paper

Scaling New Ventures for Successful Growth

By: Ranjay Gulati

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May 2014 (Revised January 2015)
Case

Gastón Acurio: A Recipe for Success

By: Anat Keinan, Michael Norton, German Echecopar and Cintra Scott

Gastón Acurio, star chef and restaurateur from Peru, must decide whether and how to adapt his signature Peruvian cuisine to local tastes as he opens restaurants in new countries. View Details

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December 2005 (Revised February 2006)
Background Note

Where do successful strategies come from?

By: Jan W. Rivkin

The second of four module notes for students taking an advanced course on competitive strategy. Presents concepts and techniques to help students understand the origins of effective strategies. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy

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September 1980
Background Note

Organizational Barriers to Department Store Success

By: Walter J. Salmon

Keywords: Organizational Structure; Retail Industry

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07 Nov 2012
News

Successful U.S. Presidents Showed Top Qualities

10 Sep 2024
News

“You’re More Than a Success Machine”

06 Jun 2024
News

How About Borrowing Paek’s Success Formula?

10 May 2020
News

The Brilliant Success of Shackleton’s Failure

01 Jun 2012
News

New Venture Winner an Undercover Success

Angela Newnam (MBA 1996) did not set out to be an entrepreneur. But the self-described former “career gal” and mother of three became one by envisioning what she could not find: sexy, comfortable underwear that absorb odor and wick away moisture. The company she... View Details