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- 04 Jun 2021
- News
5 Relationships You Need to Build a Successful Career
- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
reassess the importance of entrepreneurs for not only the continuation of the family company, but for the continued success of the family itself. Managers inside your core business who think like entrepreneurs (we call them intrapreneurs)... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
the key descriptor is not simply a difference in size but rather in kind. We are not referring to every small company, but only to those that have become social icons because an integral part of their distinctiveness and success is rooted... View Details
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Irrational Succession: The Role of the Board in CEO Succession
By: Rakesh Khurana
Khurana, Rakesh. "Irrational Succession: The Role of the Board in CEO Succession." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 7553C.)
- November 2013
- Article
Learning from My Successes and from Others' Failures: Evidence from Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
By: D. KC, B. Staats and F. Gino
Learning from past experience is central to an organization's adaptation and survival. A key dimension of prior experience is whether an outcome was successful or unsuccessful. While empirical studies have investigated the effects of success and failure in... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Health Care; Knowledge Work; Attribution Theory; Quality; Success; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Failure; Learning; Health Industry
KC, D., B. Staats, and F. Gino. "Learning from My Successes and from Others' Failures: Evidence from Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery." Management Science 59, no. 11 (November 2013): 2435–2449.
- 1984
- Other Unpublished Work
Informal Networks: Keys to Successful Management - HBS Discussion Paper
By: J. Ronald Fox and Paul Edwin Morrison
- December 2011
- Article
How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance
By: Julie Wulf and Harbir Singh
The resource-based view argues that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Acquisition; Equity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Contracts; Performance; Governance; Legal Services Industry
Wulf, Julie, and Harbir Singh. "How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance." Management Science 57, no. 12 (December 2011): 2101–2114.
- 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
- News
How a Female-Led AI Startup Achieved a Successful Acquisition
- 10 Feb 2020
- News
The Executive Success Factors That Lead Directly to Jail
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The Success of Monitoring the Economy With Big Data
- August 23, 2019
- Article
Every Business Owner Should Define What Success Looks Like
By: Josh Baron and Vlad Barbieri
Owners need to decide between growth, liquidity, and control. View Details
Baron, Josh, and Vlad Barbieri. "Every Business Owner Should Define What Success Looks Like." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 23, 2019).
- October 18, 2019
- Article
Success Comes from Within. More Americans Are Realizing That.
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "Success Comes from Within. More Americans Are Realizing That." Washington Post (October 18, 2019).
- February 2006
- Article
Creating Organizational Success for Your CEO and Your Shareholders
By: Blythe J. McGarvie and Eleanor Bloxham
McGarvie, Blythe J., and Eleanor Bloxham. "Creating Organizational Success for Your CEO and Your Shareholders." Directors Monthly (February 2006).
- 10 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Successful Internship Matchmaking: “With Citadel, I could be myself.”
Sarah Kramer (MBA 2019) came to HBS knowing what she wanted – sort of. “I was interested in human capital, but I wasn’t sure what a job in this sector would look like,” Sarah says. For Sarah, searching for an appropriate internship opportunity meant a simultaneous... View Details
- 29 Apr 2013
- News
The Flutie Effect: How Athletic Success Boosts College Applications
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A Family Business at a Crossroads: Scaling and Succession
- 18 Oct 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Racial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives?
- 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
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah L. Abbott, Olivia Hull, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng. "Cisco Systems: In Search of the Next CEO." Harvard Business School Case 416-027, November 2015. (Revised February 2017.)