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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni

there an opportunity for me to expand on my responsibilities? Are assessment tools available? Is executive coaching available? Go Small to Go Big A hallmark of those who have been successful in transitioning from C-Suite to View Details
  • October 2002 (Revised April 2005)
  • Case

Jinwoong: Financing an Entrepreneurial Firm in the Wake of the Korean Financial Crisis

Describes T.P. Lee, the founder and CEO of Jinwoong, a 19-year-old entrepreneurial company in Korea that has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of camping tents. Labeled by Fortune as one of the most promising entrepreneurs in Asia in 1993, Lee faces some... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Financial Crisis; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; South Korea
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    H-E-B: Creating a Movement to Reduce Obesity in Texas

    In January 2012, H-E-B Grocery Co., a private retail chain with stores located in Texas and Mexico, was introducing its Healthy at H-E-B program to its customers. The program, which started with the company's employees a few years earlier, was an effort to... View Details
    • 27 Nov 2019
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand

    Longchamp Luxury Brand?Does an affordable luxury product work against the top-tier brand? L.A. Philharmonic Shows the American Symphony Orchestra Isn’t Dead YetLike many symphony orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic lost touch with younger audiences and sponsors.... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
    • 19 Oct 2012
    • News

    CEOs Dress Their Companies to Impress

    • 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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    • 06 Jan 2003
    • What Do You Think?

    China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?

    Summing Up Those with firsthand experience suggest, in response to this month's column, that few CEOs with a reason to be there can forego investment in China. However, there is a reason why involvement today is most likely to be as a... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • November 2008 (Revised November 2008)
    • Case

    Cyworld: Creating and Capturing Value in a Social Network

    By: Sunil Gupta and Sangman Han
    In May 2008, the new CEO of Cyworld, a social network company in Korea, had to decide how to create and capture value from his rapidly growing user base. Cyworld was founded in 1999, and in 2003 it was acquired by SK Telecom, a leading mobile service provider in Korea.... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Consumer Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Segmentation; Value Creation; South Korea
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    • 04 May 2021
    • News

    Radio: Hubert Joly, Former CEO and Chair, Best Buy

    • Web

    Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

    Markets? Why Does it Matter? By: Valeria Giacomin, G. Jones and Erica Salvaj MAY 2019 Article Strategic Management Journal Machine Learning Approaches to Facial and Text Analysis: Discovering CEO Oral Communication Styles By: Prithwiraj... View Details
    • 29 May 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

    and where to cut was clearly a plus for Carlos Ghosn, who is not a GE alumnus but is one of the cases we teach on a new CEO widely known for transforming the nearly bankrupt Japanese auto manufacturer Nissan into one of the world's most... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment
    • 27 Jun 2007
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Learning to Make the Move to CEO

    "We walk through when it makes sense to choose between these 2 extremes and how you make that happen," says Simons. To the west, the focus is on creative tension. "We ask how managers can create tension in the business to... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
    • 28 May 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

    runs out. Importantly, there is no surviving, ongoing business. In the US, in stark contrast, bankruptcy law serves a much different purpose. Under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code, the goal is to give distressed companies the View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking
    • 13 Apr 2021
    • Book

    How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

    managers about the gender biases that influence hiring decisions. Companies should also anonymize resumes, diversify interview panels, and evaluate candidates as a group against a set of defined criteria. Integration. Create View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • 08 Oct 2010
    • What Do You Think?

    Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

    Often the CEO is portrayed as 'the only person in the world who could do this job' You can thank the financial press for this mystique." In pointing out the futility of the effort, Rebecca West commented that "the current... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
    • 01 Apr 1998
    • News

    Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO

    Gary T. DiCamillo (MBA '75) was second in command at Black & Decker Corporation and leading a turnaround of that company's power tools division when Polaroid snapped him up in late 1995. The world-famous instant-imaging company made him the first noninsider View Details
    Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
    • 06 Feb 2006
    • What Do You Think?

    Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

    Summing Up Based on some of the most thoughtful comments to any of these columns, one might conclude that acceptable earnings guidance by CEOs should take on new forms. Let's first consider the pros and cons, then some research, then some... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services
    • December 2005 (Revised March 2007)
    • Case

    Leerink Swann & Co.: Creating Competitive Advantage

    By: Boris Groysberg and Andrew N. McLean
    In the spring of 2005, CEO Jeff Leerink has called a meeting of the executive committee to formulate Leerink Swann's growth strategy over the next five years so that it accomplishes three goals: expand into a new business, reinforce the firm's legacy businesses, and... View Details
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Human Resources; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Alignment; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion
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    • 23 Apr 2014
    • News

    Providing Advantage and Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youths

    Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992), founder and CEO of Year Up, sees inner-city youths as critical components of the US economy and competitiveness. In this video, he explains the challenge and the opportunities. “Many people in this country... View Details
    • 06 Aug 2021
    • Book

    Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

    careers of Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, and Jobs, who used their charisma to champion their ambitious vision, create revolutionary new products and services, and attain power and influence. In this excerpt from the book, Tedlow discusses how... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman