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      • April 10, 2014
      • Article

      Generation to Generation: How to Save the Family Business

      By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
      Most family-owned businesses—approximately 70%—last just one generation. Because an estimated 80% of businesses across the globe are family-owned, the low survival rate has alarming consequences. Consider this: In the United States alone, family-owned businesses (FOBs)... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Governing and Advisory Boards; Strategy; Management Succession; Competency and Skills; Diversity
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Deborah Bell. "Generation to Generation: How to Save the Family Business." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 10, 2014).
      • February 2014 (Revised August 2016)
      • Case

      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
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Cycling; Biking; Running; Sports; Technology; Mobile App; Mobile; GPS; Motivation; Behavioral Science; Founders; Term Sheet; Investment; Terms; Silicon Valley; Lifestyle; Strava; Financing; Fundraising; Angel; Valuation; Growth; Forecast; Business Startups; Business Plan; Trends; Forecasting and Prediction; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Institutional Investing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Management Succession; Growth Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Timing; Bicycle Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Web Services Industry; California; New England
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      Lassiter, Joseph B., III, William A. Sahlman, and Sid Misra. "Strava." Harvard Business School Case 814-055, February 2014. (Revised August 2016.)
      • January 2014 (Revised August 2017)
      • Case

      StepSmart Fitness

      By: Robert J. Dolan, Benson P. Shapiro and Alisa Zalosh
      StepSmart Fitness, a manufacturer of exercise equipment, is undergoing a sweeping reorganization. The new CEO has terminated the District Sales Director and Regional VP and promoted 30-year-old Benjamin Cooper to manage the underperforming New England district. A... View Details
      Keywords: Analysis; Restructuring; Salesforce Management; Management Succession; Performance Improvement; Manufacturing Industry; Sports Industry; New England
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      Dolan, Robert J., Benson P. Shapiro, and Alisa Zalosh. "StepSmart Fitness." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-509, January 2014. (Revised August 2017.)
      • December 6, 2013
      • Article

      Family Businesses Shouldn't Hunt for Superstar CEOs

      By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
      This article discusses the challenges faced by family businesses when it comes to succession planning, particularly in selecting an outside CEO. It presents a case study of a third-generation family business looking for an external CEO, named "Mr. Wonderful," to manage... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Management Succession
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      Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Family Businesses Shouldn't Hunt for Superstar CEOs." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 6, 2013).
      • 2013
      • Chapter

      The Most Successful CEOs Come from Within

      By: Joseph L. Bower

      The financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession caused a crisis of public confidence in business and American-style capitalism, with its focus on maximizing shareholder value. Corporate leaders understood that reform was needed and that they needed to commit... View Details

      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Business and Community Relations; Management Teams
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      Bower, Joseph L. "The Most Successful CEOs Come from Within." In How CEOs Can Fix Capitalism, edited by Raymond V. Gilmartin and Steven E. Prokesch, 124–127. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2013. Electronic.
      • 2013
      • Chapter

      Who Chooses Board Members?

      By: Ali Akyol and Lauren Cohen
      We exploit a recent regulation passed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to explore the nomination of board members to US publicly traded firms. In particular, we focus on firms’ use of executive search firms versus allowing internal members (often... View Details
      Keywords: Boards; Boards Of Directors; Executive Search Firms; Governance; SEC Regulation; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Succession; Executive Compensation
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      Akyol, Ali, and Lauren Cohen. "Who Chooses Board Members?" In Advances in Financial Economics, Vol. 16, edited by Kose John, Anil K. Makhija, and Stephen P. Ferris, 43–77. Emerald Group Publishing, 2013.
      • June 2013 (Revised September 2015)
      • Case

      Procter & Gamble

      By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante

      On July 12, 2012, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management announced publicly that it had purchased about $2 billion of Procter and Gamble (P&G) stock. Shares in the company closed up 3.75% the day the disclosure was made public. Ackman told the New York... View Details

      Keywords: Ackman; P&G; Pershing Square Capital Managment; Disruption; Management Succession; Crisis Management; Acquisition; Consumer Products Industry; Financial Services Industry
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      Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Procter & Gamble." Harvard Business School Case 413-127, June 2013. (Revised September 2015.)
      • March 27, 2013
      • Article

      Downton Abbey: Real Life Lessons for Trust & Estate Advisors

      By: Josh Baron and Devin Bird
      The article discusses how the TV series "Downton Abbey" reflects challenges and opportunities faced by business families. The show's storyline, centered around the aristocratic Crawley family and their estate, parallels real-world situations where business families... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Adaptation; Transition
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      Baron, Josh, and Devin Bird. "Downton Abbey: Real Life Lessons for Trust & Estate Advisors." Wealth Management (website) (March 27, 2013).
      • March 2013
      • Article

      The Unintended Consequences of Ownership Transfer Planning

      By: Josh Baron and Marion McCollom Hampton
      The article discusses the challenges of passing down family businesses across generations, highlighting complexities in executive succession and estate planning. It emphasizes how emotional factors, complicated family dynamics, and unintended consequences influence... View Details
      Keywords: Estate Planning; Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Manufacturing Industry; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry; Fashion Industry
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      Baron, Josh, and Marion McCollom Hampton. "The Unintended Consequences of Ownership Transfer Planning." Trust & Estates 152, no. 3 (March 2013): 52–56.
      • February 2013
      • Supplement

      Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Video Supplement 2012

      By: Anita Tucker and Amy Edmondson
      Keywords: Process Improvement; Leadership Succession; Healthcare; Quality And Safety; Transparency; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Succession; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Improvement; Business Processes; Health Industry; Ohio
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      Tucker, Anita, and Amy Edmondson. "Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Video Supplement 2012." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 613-710, February 2013.
      • 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.)
      • October 2010 (Revised July 2012)
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      Hewlett-Packard Company: CEO Succession in 2010

      By: Jay W. Lorsch, Krishna G. Palepu and Melissa Barton
      Mark Hurd resigned as the CEO of Hewlett Packard in 2010 after the board discovered that he had misfiled expense reports and paid an H.P. contractor for unsubstantiated work. After Hurd left H.P., he joined Oracle, an H.P. competitor. Soon thereafter, the H.P. board... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Management Succession; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry
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      Lorsch, Jay W., Krishna G. Palepu, and Melissa Barton. "Hewlett-Packard Company: CEO Succession in 2010." Harvard Business School Case 411-056, October 2010. (Revised July 2012.)
      • August 2010 (Revised July 2011)
      • Supplement

      Erik Peterson at Biometra (E)

      By: John J. Gabarro, Thomas J. DeLong and Jevan Soo
      Presents the final outcome of the events. The Richard Jenkins at SciMat case presents a description from the executive vice-president's point of view of the series of events as reported in the Erik Peterson at Biometra (A), (B), (C), and (D) cases. The Jenkins at... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Product Launch; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Perspective
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      Gabarro, John J., Thomas J. DeLong, and Jevan Soo. "Erik Peterson at Biometra (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-035, August 2010. (Revised July 2011.)
      • March 2010
      • Case

      Sonoco Products Company (A): Building a World-Class HR Organization (Abridged)

      By: David A. Thomas and Boris Groysberg
      Describes the steps the vice-president of human resources takes in revamping an HR function that was noncooperative and, at times, competitive and introducing the company to the notion of HR as a strategic business partner. Explores changes made to the company's... View Details
      Keywords: Human Resources; Organizations; Restructuring; Partners and Partnerships; Management Succession; Strategic Planning; Performance
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      Thomas, David A., and Boris Groysberg. "Sonoco Products Company (A): Building a World-Class HR Organization (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 410-082, March 2010.
      • January 2010 (Revised April 2010)
      • Case

      Gobi Partners and DMG

      By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
      Thomas G. Tsao, founding general partner of Gobi Partners, an early stage venture capital firm in China, must decide how to manage his firm's largest investment after the departure of the CEO. Tom has temporarily stepped in as CEO, but finding a replacement with the... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Competency and Skills; Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; China
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      Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Gobi Partners and DMG." Harvard Business School Case 810-095, January 2010. (Revised April 2010.)
      • May 2009
      • Case

      Who is the Fairest of Them All? Choosing a Leader at Deronde International

      By: Nitin Nohria and Martha Spaulding
      Alain Deronde, the CEO of a French personal care company, has to choose a successor to head global product development from a diverse set of candidates with different backgrounds, strengths, and weaknesses. The candidates include Elise Bernier, Vice President of... View Details
      Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Management Succession; Diversity; Management Teams; Product Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; France
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      Nohria, Nitin, and Martha Spaulding. "Who is the Fairest of Them All? Choosing a Leader at Deronde International." Harvard Business School Case 409-113, May 2009.
      • 2009
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      Managing the CEO's Succession: The Challenge Facing Your Board

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Keywords: Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards; Problems and Challenges
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Managing the CEO's Succession: The Challenge Facing Your Board." Chap. 9 in Boardroom Realities: Building Leaders Across Your Board. 1st ed. Edited by Jay A. Conger, 253–275. Jossey-Bass, 2009.
      • February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
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      Mistry Architects (C)

      By: Amy C. Edmondson, Robert G. Eccles and Mona Sinha
      This case is a follow-up to "Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability (A)" (Case 609-044) and (B) (Case 609-064). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu Mistry founded and run an architectural firm dedicated to being both client-oriented and environmentally responsible.... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Environmental Sustainability
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      Edmondson, Amy C., Robert G. Eccles, and Mona Sinha. "Mistry Architects (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-086, February 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
      • 2008
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      Interview with Reuben Mark, Chairman & CEO, Colgate Palmolive Co.

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Keywords: Leadership; Management Succession; Consumer Products Industry
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Interview with Reuben Mark, Chairman & CEO, Colgate Palmolive Co." Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008. Video.
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      A Head Start on Succession

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      Our studies of CEO succession over the past several years have shown some improvements in the trends in CEO turnover, often resulting from outside pressures for improved oversight and better corporate governance. The next step in improving CEO succession—and ultimately... View Details
      Keywords: Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations
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      Bower, Joseph L. "A Head Start on Succession." Strategy + Business, no. 51 (Summer 2008): 84–85.
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