CEO Succession - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

always done. And when an organization has had a succession of leaders, resistance to change is even stronger. A legacy of disappointment and distrust creates an environment in which employees automatically condemn the next turnaround... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?

Andresen Professor of Business Administration at HBS, who led the discussion. In the old model, he said, economies of scale regulated success and performers had to be big to spread out high fixed costs. Now, as a result of the way we... View Details

Keywords: Re: Felix Oberholzer-Gee; Music

18 Mar 2021
News

Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition

Mag. “People are often surprised at what I was able to achieve in spite of being blind but to the contrary, I feel I am successful because I am blind, not in spite of it,” says Chad. After losing his eyesight while attending college in... View Details

01 Jan 2006
News

William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958

the most turbulent periods in the history of corporate America. Bill Donaldson’s glittering résumé reflects the career of a man who has spent more than 45 years at the highest levels of business, government, and academia. Consider some of the highlights: cofounder,... View Details

07 Nov 2024
Blog Post

Meet the Aerospace & Defense Club

to campus to introduce them to HBS talent and provide recruiting touchpoints for students. Establish mentorship and learning opportunities for students with successful HBS alumni in A&D HBS/MIT Technology and National Security... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

20 Apr 2015
Blog Post

India Conference 2015

with caste-based politics being replaced with development-oriented agendas. Mr. Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman Quality Council of India through his keynote to a packed Spangler Auditorium at the business school, highlighted the importance and View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Vision: Sound Science

genes to the inner ear with unprecedented efficiency.” The five-year-old company will likely apply for clinical testing permission for its lead therapy in the first half of 2022—a key hurdle in the notoriously lengthy process of advancing novel medicines from seed to... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

participation, improve representation of marginalized groups, and increase the average level of competence and informedness of the population. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50729 Do CEO Activists... View Details

17 Jul 2023
Blog Post

From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?

learned during the conference. Scott Jacobs, CEO of Generate Capital, a leading sustainable infrastructure platform, offered several surprisingly upbeat messages. Jacobs wrote: “Solving the Net Zero challenge is a physical problem, not a... View Details

02 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

December 4, 2017 Harvard Business Review How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success By: Cespedes, Frank V., and David Mattson Abstract—It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

business and finding reliable vendors and distributors. And while companies need to have strong, viable business and economic models, Stevenson said, he also warned against marrying tradition at the risk of innovation. The Mixed Blessing Of View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

cannot be successful unless they show vulnerability, are consistent, take time to be balanced, have a vision, and embrace their role as decision-makers. In the 2010 case “Toby Johnson: Leading After School,” Johnson, with military service... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

22 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

traditional outsourcing strategy, organization and processes. In a recent research project, we interviewed managers from 45 projects in over 20 firms to understand the practices that differentiated those firms that reported greater View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1998
News

Playing to Win

I think CEOs should not stay too long at any company." Louis-Dreyfus believes that successful global enterprises must be decentralized. While Adidas's corporate headquarters maintains authority over the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 2002
News

Andrew H. Tisch

brother and cousin, that forms the Office of the President at Loews' Manhattan headquarters. Among his primary responsibilities are watching over several major real estate investments and working closely with the CEOs of several... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Star Search

data on trending revenue and customer delivery. We also share successes in biweekly emails from the CEO and in quarterly all-company meetings. Each starts with broad business metrics and then goes into a... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

as in wanting a female CEO or cabinet secretary at a dinner party and laughing at her jokes. When I examined success in the workplace decades ago for my book Men and Women of the Corporation, I didn’t want... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 Mar 2012
News

Health Care’s New Frontier

Bush Photo courtesy athenahealth Main article: Where Innovation Rules What do you do if your start-up turns out to be a little too far ahead of its time? If you’re Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997), you use what you’ve learned to jump-start a View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

21 May 2018
News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

recruits the guest CEOs and serves as moderator for an evening of unscripted, entertaining dialogue about building and championing successful brands. “Our goal each year is to deliver the unexpected, and we... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jan 2008
News

Meg Whitman, MBA 1979

Former President & CEO, eBay Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Princeton University, 1977 A.B., Economics SELECTED PREVIOUS POSITIONS Hasbro, General Manager FTD , CEO Disney, Senior Vice President Bain... View Details

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