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  • April 1998
  • Case

Jim Lyons and GenRad

Lyons, currently CEO of Harry Gray Associates, a consulting and investment firm, had just been approached by an executive recruiter representing GenRad, a 78-year-old electronics company headquartered in Concord, MA. The company, which manufactured integrated software... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Management Succession; Personal Development and Career; Consulting Industry; Massachusetts
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Zschau, Ed, and Matt Verlinden. "Jim Lyons and GenRad." Harvard Business School Case 698-095, April 1998.
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Beyond Good Intentions: Prompting People to Make Plans Improves Follow-through on Important Tasks

By: Todd Rogers, Katherine L Milkman, Leslie K. John and Michael I. Norton
Many intend to stay fit but fail to exercise or eat healthfully; students intend to earn good grades but study too little; citizens intend to vote but fail to turnout. How can policymakers help people follow through on intentions like these? Plan-making, a tool that... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Success; Planning
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Rogers, Todd, Katherine L Milkman, Leslie K. John, and Michael I. Norton. "Beyond Good Intentions: Prompting People to Make Plans Improves Follow-through on Important Tasks." Behavioral Science & Policy 1, no. 2 (December 2015): 33–41.
  • January–February 2021
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A Culture of Continuity Is Key to Family Business Longevity

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Keywords: Family Business; Organizational Culture; Success
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Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "A Culture of Continuity Is Key to Family Business Longevity." Family Business Magazine 32, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 24–29.
  • March 2011
  • Supplement

BOOKOFF Corporation in 2007

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Yoshinori Fujikawa
A visionary founder appoints a former part-time worker and homemaker as his successor in order to keep the corporate culture he created intact. View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Dissemination; Leadership; Management Succession; Organizational Culture; Strategy
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Takeuchi, Hirotaka, and Yoshinori Fujikawa. "BOOKOFF Corporation in 2007." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-506, March 2011.
  • January 1988 (Revised March 1995)
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Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B1)

By: David A. Garvin
Should follow Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (A). The plant manager has been promoted and students must decide what kind of individual--background, training, personal style, etc.--they would like to replace him. View Details
Keywords: Training; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Identity; Technology; Technology Industry
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Garvin, David A. "Digital Equipment Corp.: The Endpoint Model (B1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 688-060, January 1988. (Revised March 1995.)
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The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details
  • December 2011 (Revised January 2012)
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Pierre Frankel in Moscow (C): Results

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
After 18 months as the deputy managing director of a global technology company's Russia subsidiary, a young and upcoming French executive prepared to hand over leadership. The executive reflected on what he had achieved and how as he considered next steps. He wanted to... View Details
Keywords: Management Succession; Personal Development and Career; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; Moscow
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Pierre Frankel in Moscow (C): Results." Harvard Business School Supplement 312-072, December 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
  • December 1976 (Revised September 1980)
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Drug Fair, Inc. (A)

By: John P. Kotter and Leonard A. Schlesinger
Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession
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Kotter, John P., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "Drug Fair, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 477-063, December 1976. (Revised September 1980.)
  • November 2016 (Revised April 2025)
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Lynda Bussgang's Stages

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Lynda Bussgang is getting ready for her 25th Harvard College reunion and for the first time she is actually looking forward to it. Unlike some of her classmates she has charted her own course to happiness. This path took her from musical theater, to non-profit work to... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Success
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DeLong, Thomas J., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Lynda Bussgang's Stages." Harvard Business School Case 417-034, November 2016. (Revised April 2025.)
  • October 1997 (Revised July 1998)
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Graham Family and the Washington Post Company, The

The Washington Post is now headed up by its fourth family member in three generations. The Graham family has somehow transcended the problems and pitfalls that overtake so many family-owned and operated businesses. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Success; Journalism and News Industry; District of Columbia
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Barnes, Louis B. "Graham Family and the Washington Post Company, The." Harvard Business School Case 498-031, October 1997. (Revised July 1998.)
  • September 2019
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Boxed

By: Laura Huang and Andy Wu
Boxed.com (“Boxed”) is an ambitious e-commerce retailer start-up, founded by visionary CEO Chieh Huang in 2013. From starting in Huang’s garage in 2013, to winning Emerging E-Retailer of the Year in 2016, to having 4 operational distribution centers in 2018, Boxed used... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Business Startups; Leadership; Strategy; Success; E-commerce; Retail Industry
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Huang, Laura, and Andy Wu. "Boxed." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 720-399, September 2019.
  • December 2003 (Revised February 2006)
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Jamie Dimon and Bank One (B)

By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga
To distribute only after discussion of HBS case 9-804-107. Describes the decisions made by Jamie Dimon as the new CEO in July 2000 and summarizes the progress of his turnaround over the next three years. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Management Succession; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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Marshall, Paul W., and Todd H Thedinga. "Jamie Dimon and Bank One (B)." Harvard Business School Case 804-108, December 2003. (Revised February 2006.)
  • May 29, 2018
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Building Your Own Network When You're Part of a Family Business

By: Josh Baron and Judy Lin Walsh
Keywords: Networks; Family Business; Management Succession
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Baron, Josh, and Judy Lin Walsh. "Building Your Own Network When You're Part of a Family Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 29, 2018).
  • 21 Aug 2012
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How to Sink a Startup

VC as a board member be a good thing? A: Not necessarily. The Rich founder should pursue the best VCs, but the King founder should think seriously about avoiding VC funding and finding other ways to learn about the road ahead. Each type of founder has a different... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 2023
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Turn Your Purpose Into a Superpower for Growth

By: Ranjay Gulati
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Culture; Success
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Gulati, Ranjay. "Turn Your Purpose Into a Superpower for Growth." Inc.com (2023).
  • March 2009
  • Teaching Note

elBulli: The Taste of Innovation (TN)

By: Michael I. Norton, Julian Villanueva and Luc Wathieu
Teaching Note for [509015]. View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development; Success; Service Delivery; Service Industry
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Norton, Michael I., Julian Villanueva, and Luc Wathieu. "elBulli: The Taste of Innovation (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 509-055, March 2009.
  • January 2003 (Revised August 2003)
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General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)

Examines the role of General Mills in the formation and leadership of the Hawthorne Huddle. The Huddle was in the Hawthorne neighborhood in Northern Minneapolis, which in 1997 was plagued with high crime and poverty. The Huddle served as a forum, held the first... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Succession; Social Issues; Consumer Products Industry; Minneapolis
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Barrett, Diana, and Sheila McCarthy. "General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-067, January 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
  • December 1999 (Revised August 2004)
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Tom Tierney at Bain & Company (A)

By: Ashish Nanda
Bain managing director Tom Tierney is contemplating how best to rotate the office head position between two partners at one of the firm's offices. The case provides background information on Bain's governance structure and Tierney's management style. View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Governance Controls; Management Succession; Personal Development and Career; Consulting Industry
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Nanda, Ashish, and Perry Fagan. "Tom Tierney at Bain & Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-253, December 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
  • Fall 2021
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When to Go and How to Go? Founder and Leader Transitions in Private Equity Firms

By: Josh Lerner and Diana Noble
Leadership transition in private equity firms is an understudied field, despite the important, albeit controversial, role such firms play in developed economies. We analyzed 260 firms in an empirical study, supplemented by qualitative interviews with a small sample of... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Transition; Private Equity; Leadership; Management Succession; Analysis
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Lerner, Josh, and Diana Noble. "When to Go and How to Go? Founder and Leader Transitions in Private Equity Firms." Journal of Alternative Investments 24, no. 2 (Fall 2021): 9–30.
  • February 2006
  • Supplement

Jonathan Pellegrin: Closing The Pellegrins Case, Video

By: John A. Davis and Courtney Sampson
Jonathan Pellegrin describes what happened after the events described in The Pellegrins (A) case and comments on lessons learned from this experience. View Details
Keywords: Management Succession; Family Business; Leadership
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Davis, John A., and Courtney Sampson. "Jonathan Pellegrin: Closing The Pellegrins Case, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 806-721, February 2006.
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