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- January 2021
- Article
The Pursuit of Success in Academia: Plato’s ghost asks ‘What then?’
By: A.R. Elangovan and Andrew J. Hoffman
What do we pursue as we seek success in academia? For most, the path to academic success focuses narrowly on A-level journal publications, which has caused a stealthy but steady erosion in the very essence of academia. In this essay, we explore that erosion by drawing... View Details
Elangovan, A.R., and Andrew J. Hoffman. "The Pursuit of Success in Academia: Plato’s ghost asks ‘What then?’." Journal of Management Inquiry 30, no. 1 (January 2021): 68–73.
- 27 Mar 2011
- News
Indian innovations: Converting new ideas into successful businesses
- 04 Sep 2013
- News
Stanford Trio Explore Success Formula for Reddit Posts
- 12 Apr 2016
- News
Former US Secretary of Commerce Reflects on Successes
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Up Side Story: HBS Show a Sold-Out Success
With its usual flair and wit, this year’s HBS Show pitted the January and September cohorts against each other — think Jets, think Sharks — in a late March production of Up Side Story. The main characters, Tony and Maria, came from different sides of the calendar, but... View Details
- 2007
- Book
The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning
By: Joseph L. Bower
With rising CEO turnover, companies are increasingly looking outside for qualified candidates. Sure, externally recruited CEOs bring fresh perspectives and connections. But they lack the in-depth knowledge of the company's culture and history that they need to succeed.... View Details
Bower, Joseph L. The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
- November 2007
- Article
Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders
By: Joseph L. Bower
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In his interviews and data analysis, Harvard Business School professor Bower found... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Planning
Bower, Joseph L. "Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007).
- 19 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Finding Success in the Middle of the Market
dealers and consumers alike. The other products in the line—and their relative prices—hinge on the midfield entry. “Midfield is a moving target.” A company controls midfield by fielding a complete product line that includes backs and forwards. In its supermarkets,... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- News
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
- 06 Aug 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Buy Local? The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion
- Research Summary
4. Collaborative Brokerage, Generative Creativity, and Creative Success
Joint work with Lee Fleming (Technology and Operations Management Unit, Harvard Business School) and David Chen (Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Business School and Harvard School of... View Details
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The Strategic and Performance Consequences of CEO Succession
By: Rakesh Khurana
The argument of this paper (with Nitin Nohria) is that research on executive turnover treats the departures of predecessors and the origin of successors as independent events. This approach has led to mixed empirical findings with respect to measuring the effects of... View Details
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Framing for Learning: Lessons in Successful Technology Implementation
By: A. Edmondson
Edmondson, A. "Framing for Learning: Lessons in Successful Technology Implementation." California Management Review 45, no. 2 (Winter 2003): 34–54.
- 2002
- Working Paper
Framing for Learning: Lessons in Successful Technology Implementation
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Edmondson, Amy C. "Framing for Learning: Lessons in Successful Technology Implementation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-094, June 2002.
- 27 Jun 2014
- News
Why Passionate Workers are Key to Business Success
- 14 Feb 2013
- News
The First Secret of Success Is Showing Up
- 19 Mar 2010
- News
Microsoft Exec Writes 'One Strategy' For Your Success
- 27 Feb 2025
- News
Scaling a Family Business to Build Multigenerational Success
- 12 Sep 2021
- News
Life Kit: How To Make Hybrid Work Successful
- 11 Jan 2012
- News