Succession - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
News

Stephen Covey's Successful Habits

recently published The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. Writer Orna Feldman recently spoke with Covey. What explains the success of your 7 Habits books? Pain. People have broken relationships. They live in a mistrustful culture.... View Details

January 2011
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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

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Deep Indicators of Business Model Success

By: James L. Heskett

The purpose of this study is to develop ways of helping practitioners identify and measure deep indicators of success in the business models being pursued by their organizations. The hypothesis is that success is dependent on these deep indicators. The indicators are... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Ensuring success through education

Educating a nation of children is Hüsnü Özyeğin’s (MBA 1969) investment in Turkey’s future. The successful self-made businessman and philanthropist is focused on eliminating disparities in education. He has founded dozens of schools and... View Details

01 Jun 2006
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Bridging the Success Gap

Navarro Six years ago, Diego (“James”) Navarro (MBA ’89) completed what he calls “a 25-year apprenticeship,” though others might call it a successful career in the high-tech industry. But for Navarro, it was only training for the work... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jul 2008
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India Lets Success Happen

27 Jul 2021
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Building Successful Hybrid Teams

10 Oct 2018
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Building Paths to Success

Michael Traill’s (MBA 1987) change-of-life moment came early one sleepless Saturday morning in 2001. He found himself staring at the clock, which read 5:56 a.m., unable to sleep, too troubled by the plight of a boy he was coaching on his son’s Aussie Rules football... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

12 Jun 2014
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When Success Feels Empty

Keywords: satisfaction; happiness; generativity; work-life balance

28 Mar 2007
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Matsushita's Platform For Success

01 Mar 2017
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Weaving Success in India

Photographs and advertisements from Nalli’s nearly nine decades in business. (Courtesy Lavanya Nalli) Photographs and advertisements from Nalli’s nearly nine decades in business. (Courtesy Lavanya Nalli) “Once upon a time,” Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti begins as he recounts... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 May 2015
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Getting Ready for Success

social impact, measured by such factors as higher tax contributions and lower health care costs. “Moreover, what people might not quantify,” she says, “is that our alumni’s success stories create positive ripples in their communities and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

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

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

04 May 2020
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Your CEO Succession Plan Can’t Wait

24 Oct 2011
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News Corp. Annual Meeting, Succession Plan

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

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19 Dec 2016
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What Drives Successful Crowdsourcing?

21 Sep 2015
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A Sustainable Success Story

Robb Turner (MBA 1990) and his wife, Lydia, were looking for a place to build a family vacation retreat in 2009 when they found 800 acres of pristine hardwood forest in rural Dover Plains, New York. “The land was stunning—completely untouched,” says the cofounder of... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Committed To HBS’s Success

Keeping HBS Competitive Mel Tukman (MBA 1966), a longtime supporter of Harvard Business School, recognizes the far-reaching impact of the School’s mission. He is committed to helping HBS continue to attract and cultivate the best minds—from the professors who lead case... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services