CEO Succession - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1999
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leadership." In their introduction, coauthored with Linda S. Doyle, who worked closely with McArthur as associate dean and who is now CEO of the School's publishing operation, the editors describe McArthur as someone who excelled at... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

housing is a problem that increasingly affects companies and employers, as well as the overall economy," says F. Barton Harvey (MBA '74), (see related story) chairman and CEO of the Enterprise Foundation, a nationwide housing and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits

behind one of pop culture's most successful icons. Over the past decade, Elberse, the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, has frequented star-studded galas thrown by LeBron James and Jay-Z, hung out with the View Details

Keywords: Patrick Kirchner; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Jul 2018
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Running the Numbers

people to buy into a new vision or better way of doing things is my favorite kind of challenge.” Today, as CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), a Massachusetts-based tech-intensive company focused on data management, strategic... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

20 Dec 2024
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Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their impact through the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Nov 2019
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Seismic Shift

business? “In the past, it seems like for many companies, the answer has been ‘no,’” says West. West and other HBS grads believe that’s the wrong answer. With the help of Andrea Hoffman, the founder and CEO of Culture Shift Labs, they are... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

aren’t that clear.” Despite the pain of Quincy’s failure, Wallace doesn’t regret the experience. “I’m more fulfilled when I’m scrappy and building something, so I’m grateful to have been ripped away from the notion that I need financial comfort,” she says. Acting as... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

09 Sep 2024
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Basket Chase

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. On this episode, we’re featuring an excerpt from a new HBS podcast called Think Big, Buy Small. The show is hosted by Professors Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff... View Details

22 Nov 2017
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How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team

games. It was all part of a long term strategy to improve the franchise by getting better draft picks. And it necessitated a short term strategy of losing. Throughout, though, the 76er CEO Scott O’Neil (MBA 1998) says his front office... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

passionate about you,” said creator Jill Soloway, herself the daughter of a transgender father, adding Amazon “has been wonderful.” That moment, transformative in more ways than one, follows in the wake of numerous successes represented... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

are trying to do the right thing. How do we make boards even stronger? Some good ideas I've heard recently call for getting the independent directors to meet alone without management and having somebody other than the CEO lead the board,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

17 Dec 2024
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Solving the Underemployment Crisis

technologists and experts grappling with the forces that are reshaping the nature of work. In this excerpt from a recent episode of Managing the Future of Work, you’ll hear from HBS alum Stephen Moret (MBA 2001), who is the president and View Details

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Addressing The Financial Security Gap

leadership, BlackRock’s Retirement Group, which manages $1.3 trillion in retirement assets for some 35 million Americans, has taken steps to address these issues. In 2020 they held the BlackRock Savings Summit, a virtual retirement conference that brought together... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Our Students for a Changing World

Harvard Innovation Labs Students at the i-lab facilities in Batten Hall (photo by Rose Lincoln) The Harvard Innovation Labs are an ecosystem that bring entrepreneurial ventures to life. Successful ventures like RapidSOS—a startup that has... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry

among themselves. Productivity was enhanced because employees weren't making off-site luncheon excursions. What CEO wouldn't like all that? How much do the giant food companies influence American tastes? In their marketing and production,... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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HBS Press Books in Brief

Chris Lederer, argues that marketers and CEOs urgently need tools to manage vast groups of brands — not as individual elements or collections under one corporate roof but as complex systems that transcend corporate boundaries. The... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Finance

01 Oct 2000
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Books

searches and appropriately rewards their efforts." The result of this dynamic has been one of history's great technology success stories. In a second volume of Design Rules, the authors will examine how the interrelated processes of... View Details

30 Jun 2019
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Alumni in France honor self-made entrepreneurs; Shih talks trade in Buffalo

“Before his talk, Professor Shih toured three Moog factories in the Buffalo area,” says Sherrill. Moog Inc., which is currently headed by CEO John Scannell (MBA 1999), is a leading aerospace manufacturer, producing critical components for... View Details