Success - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Nov 2023
News

Wellmeaning Companies: Family, Non-family and Financial Family Office Succession

09 Mar 2021
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A Family Business at a Crossroads: Scaling and Succession

24 Apr 2014
News

Building successful businesses in a time of rapid change

HBS Professor, Emeritus Howard Stevenson (MBA 1965, DBA 1969) talks about his role in building successful organizations, including the Baupost Group, the Weather Channel, AutoTrader, and Landmark Communications. (Published April 2014) View Details

2005
Class Lecture

Irrational Succession: The Role of the Board in CEO Succession

By: Rakesh Khurana

Keywords: Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards

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1984
Other Unpublished Work

Informal Networks: Keys to Successful Management - HBS Discussion Paper

By: J. Ronald Fox and Paul Edwin Morrison

Keywords: Networks; Management Practices and Processes; Success

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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise Course Number 1504 Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice Willy Shih Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Paper Overview: BSSE at... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line

package, angel investment opportunities, the creation of wealth in the digital age, the building of successful urban enterprises, and transferring wealth to future generations. A provocative discussion on the relationships among success,... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

14 Apr 2025
Podcast

A Successful Model for Roll-Ups in Automotive and Beyond

A few years ago, Logan Leslie began his search with the goal of rolling up smaller, same-industry enterprises under the umbrella of one company. Fast forward to today and Logan is CEO of Main Street Auto, which is the parent company to over ninety auto repair shops... View Details

16 Mar 2025
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How a Female-Led AI Startup Achieved a Successful Acquisition

10 Feb 2020
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The Executive Success Factors That Lead Directly to Jail

17 Mar 2015
News

The Success of Monitoring the Economy With Big Data

01 Apr 2001
News

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

mission of in-depth, locally based research is more significant than ever.” The Case Method Goes to China Does the HBS case method play in China? The answer is a resounding yes, judging by the success of Managing in the Internet Age, an... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

November 2015 (Revised February 2017)
Case

Cisco Systems: In Search of the Next CEO

By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott, Olivia Hull and J. Yo-Jud Cheng

It’s August 2014 and John Chambers is expected to announce his retirement after 17 years as CEO of global technology giant Cisco Systems. Under Chambers’s leadership, Cisco has grown from $2.2 billion in annual revenues and under 4,000 employees to revenues of $46... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Succession Planning; CEO Succession; Managing Change; Person-organization Fit; Management Succession; Transition; Talent and Talent Management; Change Management; Retirement; Innovation Leadership; Recruitment; Corporate Governance; Experience and Expertise; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; San Jose; California

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2020
Case

Brightline: Targeting a Successful Future with High Speed Rail

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

High-speed rail (HSR) is a high-performance transportation technology that is time competitive with airplanes and automobiles, and is an environmentally preferable alternative due to its low carbon dioxide emissions. Brightline is a Florida HSR system in Phase II of... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Marketing Strategy; Segmentation; Transportation Industry

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November 2022
Supplement

Why was Bosch so successful in the e-bike market

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell

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June 1995
Case

Northern Telecom and Tong Guang Electronics (B): Building Success

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko

This case continues the story of the joint venture in China between Northern Telecom (Nortel) of Canada and Tong Guang Electronics of China. It shows how North Americans learned to operate in a very different cultural environment in China and provides an opportunity to... View Details