succession planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Mar 2016
First Look

March 29, 2016

paper prices necessitated the development of a comprehensive financial plan to relieve the financial pressures on Stone. Among the alternatives to be considered are straight debt, convertible debt, and equity. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1997
News

Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend

25th Reunion last year, it was obvious that there were a number of very successful people among us." George von Peterffy, who taught Planning in the Business Environment, the course in which Anderson and de... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

29 Nov 2023
News

A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

So we do our own catering, and we’re finding partners to give us space. I have 200 wine glasses in my garage!” Weintraub adds that a few “really dedicated people” are essential to getting things off the ground, as well as a plan for View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

24 May 2017
News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

within three months became one of the most successful brands of its day. When the company abandoned its plan to take AltaVista public, Lang left. “I didn’t agree with the strategy,” she says... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

like several of the panelists, believe that the stickiest problems lie at the intersection of technology deployment, capital access, and policy acceleration. I plan to spend more time building bridges to my colleagues on the policy and... View Details

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

lean startup practices needed to be successful in entrepreneurial projects. "In government we announce something and wait to get it perfect. By using more experimental approaches, some public leaders are achieving View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 May 2019
Blog Post

The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

its way to ensure new mothers have the resources they need. If something is missing, SAS is there to help. What advice would you give to a student/partner going through a similar moment? Be proactive – have a plan and speak up with... View Details

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Get Involved Thank you for expressing interest in Rock Center programming. Your engagement is critical to the success of our student programs and initiatives. The purpose of this poll is to collect more information about you, your area of... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

Parlor Room to discuss the rise of generative AI, how to come up with good business ideas, why experimentation is vital to finding product-market fit, and how to raise venture capital successfully. This course features access to an AI course assistant bot, in beta... View Details

06 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact

“is caution and vigilance,” which she says entails exercising due diligence before embarking on a new effort, whether analyzing investments, running multinational studies, planning treatment for a patient, or launching a start-up, which... View Details

February 2014 (Revised August 2016)
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Strava

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman and Sid Misra

Strava is a new fast-growing social network for the avid cyclist and runner. The Strava case traces the entrepreneurial journey of two serial entrepreneurs who have been co-founders in a prior venture, and who have co-founded Strava 3 years ago. The protagonists must... View Details

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27 Sep 2011
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performance in their exchange ties (Gulati and Sytch, 2007) and acquisitions (Zaheer et al., 2010); revenues (Baum et al., 2000; Shipilov and Li, 2008); market share (Zaheer and Bell, 2005) and market entry (Jensen, 2008); IPO success... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

two dilapidated row houses that had been vacant since 1978. She intends to replace them with affordable rental apartments—the opening salvo in an ambitious plan to redevelop West Baltimore Street, whose boarded-up windows and abandoned... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

to be, says Sasser. Not everyone will be CEO some day, and having an enjoyable and challenging career doesn't have to mean becoming CEO. The key to career success is to draw on a variety of leadership styles at appropriate times.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

version. Further along, Musk wants to land people on Mars. Long-term NASA partner Boeing continues work on its CST-100 Starliner commercial orbiter, and the rocket manufacturer is collaborating with NASA on human commercial flights to the International Space Station.... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

02 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

change. To put it simply, I'd like to eventually bring successful business models to important policy objectives. At what point did you realize you wanted to get a joint degree? Joanna: I started thinking about business school as I was... View Details

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Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

was a one-page narrative about a management challenge facing leaders at the General Shoe Company. The case proved to be a very successful teaching tool, and many more cases followed. Today, the case method is just as relevant as it was... View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

A board's most important function is approval and oversight of strategy and of major strategic decisions, such as acquisitions and large capital expenditures. Boards are responsible for selecting (or replacing) the CEO, counseling and supporting the CEO, compensating... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

12 May 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

can come when work life and home life become entangled. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Your CEO Succession View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

security. But by the end of 2021, TuSimple had completed an 80-mile run from Tucson to Phoenix without a human driver in the truck’s cab. Routes are currently focused on the “middle miles” in the southern United States, with plans to... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

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