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- February 2004
- Case
Succession Capital Corporation
In 2003, a small buyout company in Canada was deciding which company to purchase next. This case explores the challenges facing a young entrepreneur in the process of selecting a new acquisition when financial and human resources are constrained. View Details
Hecht, Peter A., and Irfhan Rawji. "Succession Capital Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 204-117, February 2004.
- June 2004
- Article
Succession and Failure
Keywords: Failure
Cespedes, Frank V. "Succession and Failure." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 6 (June 2004): 39–47.
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
What makes a successful entrepreneurial leader? Is it the technical brilliance of Bill Gates? The obsessive focus on user experience of Steve Jobs? The vision, passion, and strong execution of Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo? Or maybe... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman
as the appointment that you have with the CEO." Striking a balance between work and personal life was one of the five traits of leadership success that McGovern emphasized in her talk at Harvard Business School. The others:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Article
A Head Start on Succession
By: Joseph L. Bower
Our studies of CEO succession over the past several years have shown some improvements in the trends in CEO turnover, often resulting from outside pressures for improved oversight and better corporate governance. The next step in improving CEO succession—and ultimately... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations
Bower, Joseph L. "A Head Start on Succession." Strategy + Business, no. 51 (Summer 2008): 84–85.
- April 2004
- Article
Success That Lasts, 659X
By: Laura L. Nash and Howard Stevenson
Keywords: Success
Nash, Laura L., and Howard Stevenson. "Success That Lasts, 659X." HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition Harvard Business Review (April 2004).
- March 2007 (Revised December 2007)
- Background Note
Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition: Successful Models
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Laura Winig and Kerry Herman
Provides successful models of private-public sector cooperatives in alleviating poverty and malnutrition. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Nutrition; Cooperative Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Welfare
Goldberg, Ray A., Laura Winig, and Kerry Herman. "Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition: Successful Models." Harvard Business School Background Note 907-412, March 2007. (Revised December 2007.)
- Research Summary
Success Factors in Commercial Sourcing Markets
Identifying and quantifying the features of commercial sourcing markets that contribute to successful and unsuccessful outcomes. View Details
- Article
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Avoiding a Succession Crisis." Opinion-Manager's Journal. Wall Street Journal (November 7, 2007), A22.
- 08 Dec 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
Uber's Strategy for Global Success
- April 2011
- Article
Why Leaders Don't Learn from Success
By: Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano
We argue that for a variety of psychological reasons, it is often much harder for leaders and organizations to learn from success than to learn from failure. Success creates three kinds of traps that often impede deep learning. The first is attribution error or the... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Innovation and Management; Leadership; Failure; Success; Performance Evaluation; Prejudice and Bias
Gino, Francesca, and Gary P. Pisano. "Why Leaders Don't Learn from Success." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 4 (April 2011): 68–74.
- November 1, 2022
- Other Article
The Sales Success Matrix
By: Jim Dickie, Boris Groysberg, Benson P. Shapiro and Barry Trailer
Dickie, Jim, Boris Groysberg, Benson P. Shapiro, and Barry Trailer. "The Sales Success Matrix." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 1, 2022).
- March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
Pittsburgh: A Successful City?
Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details
Keywords: Economic And Social Disparities; Economic Development; Local Economic Development; Contextual Intelligence; Contextual Knowledge; Context; City Growth; City Innovation; City Leadership; Pittsburgh; Local Government; Local Stakeholders; Business And Community; Business And Community Relations; Community Engagement; Community Relations; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation; Innovation Economy; Innovation Clusters; Innovation Ecosystems; Shared Prosperity; Equality Of Opportunity; Equity; Inclusion; Business And Government; Business ＆ Government Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Neighborhoods; Race And Ethnicity; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Household; Income; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economics; Local Range; Urban Development; Urban Scope; City; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Growth and Development; History; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Public Sector; Social Issues; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania
Mills, Karen, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck, and Zeke Gillman. "Pittsburgh: A Successful City?" Harvard Business School Case 322-080, March 2022. (Revised April 2023.)
- January 2011
- Case
Founder-CEO Succession at Acer
By: Noam T. Wasserman, Michael Shih-ta Chen and Keith Chi-ho Wong
Stan Shih, founder-CEO of Acer, Inc., had proactively chosen and transitioned the "perfect" successor as CEO, but was now faced with major problems. Over the last two years, his heir apparent, Leonard Liu, had made the changes he had been hired to make, including... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Management Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Conflict Management
Wasserman, Noam T., Michael Shih-ta Chen, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "Founder-CEO Succession at Acer." Harvard Business School Case 811-062, January 2011.
- June 2010 (Revised October 2010)
- Course Overview Note
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise
By: Willy C. Shih
This Module Note for Instructors outlines the structure and content of the Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise MBA second year elective course at the Harvard Business School. The course focuses on giving students a solid grounding in the construction of... View Details
- 1999
- Chapter
Building and Sustaining Success
By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Gary P. Pisano
Keywords: Success
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Gary P. Pisano. "Building and Sustaining Success." In Strategy and the Business Landscape, by Pankaj Ghemawat. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1999.
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
4+2 = Sustained Business Success
winning companies saw their money multiply nearly tenfold, with total returns to shareholders of 945 percent. By contrast, the average loser produced only 62 percent in total returns to shareholders over the decade. Implementing our formula for View Details
- February 2023
- Teaching Note
Success Academy Charter Schools
By: Robin Greenwood, Joshua Coval and Denise Han
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 222-707. View Details
- September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
Student Success at Georgia State University (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley
Georgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/African... View Details
Keywords: Education; Higher Education; Learning; Curriculum and Courses; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Income; Race; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Operations; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Outcome or Result; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Service Operations; Performance Improvement; Planning; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Education Industry; Atlanta
Toffel, Michael W., Robin Mendelson, and Julia Kelley. "Student Success at Georgia State University (A)." Harvard Business School Case 621-006, September 2020. (Revised September 2021.)