CEO Succession - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2008
News

NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

STRATEGIC ADVICE: HBS professor Michael Porter took a question before his presentation. What happens when you bring over 450 CEOs and presidents of New York City’s leading nonprofits together for a daylong educational summit? Answer: a... View Details

29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

down after just 18 months as CEO of J.C. Penney. In his brief tenure, Johnson, an acclaimed retailer respected for his innovation and success in shaping the retail image at Target and Apple, introduced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109057 Amylin Pharmaceuticals: Diabetes and Beyond Harvard Business School Case 809-011 Ginger Graham, CEO of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, joined the company with the expectation... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2023
News

March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

better prepared and more resilient for success in the face of life’s uncertainties. Many Colors Make a Rainbow: Diversity & Inclusion Make Us Better Together By Doctor Daffee a.k.a David Fisher (MBA 1980) Book Biz LLC In a beautiful... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2016
News

Rethinking Housing in the Motor City

thinking ‘where is the best opportunity going to be for me professionally?—I couldn’t move back to Detroit,” Rhea says. Instead, he went into finance in New York. After the financial collapse he left banking for a position as chairman and View Details

Keywords: April White

07 Aug 2019
News

“The Star of the North”

generation of family. “That’s often the preferred method,” says founder and CEO Rick Bauerly (MBA 1996). But when that’s not possible, then we want to be the next-best alternative, which is a group of family businesses with similar... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon | Information Technology

Featured Case Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon This multimedia case study delves into the leadership transition at lululemon, focusing on new CEO Christine Day's challenge to sustain the fitness retailer's growth amidst... View Details

14 Aug 2019
News

Leading from Within

founder and CEO of MetaMedia and former president of IMAX Home Entertainment, it was a challenge to put aside his corporate identity of 25 years and enter Love, Power, Justice with an open mind. A shift in his career and personal life led... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

diversified from there. Now, as CEO and managing director of Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, he oversees thirty-two department stores in fifteen cities. "Ordinary people are buying what the rich can afford," he said, adding... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

21 Nov 2013
News

Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

[Editor's note: Since this case study was posted, two faculty members have also offered their insight to the BlackBerry situation. Read their comments below and keep the conversation going!] BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins was hired in... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

09 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Manager in Red Sneakers

than those who dress conventionally. “You're saying, 'I'm so autonomous and successful that I can afford to dress in a nonconforming way'” Think Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in his hoodie, or the late Apple... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

17 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

Center researcher Namrata Arora uncover a complicated mix of piracy and plagiarism that harm not only Hollywood's efforts at success in the Indian market, but local Bollywood companies as well. Iyer says the case can help students and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video

Portrait Project

Sadiq Gillani

They will become CEOs of major corporations. If successful in my lofty ambitions, I hope to inspire other minorities also to never let it rest, until their good is better and their better best. View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Disaster Master

photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images News “Fast” and “unexpected” are two words Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002) uses to describe his work as CEO of GrupoBeer, a Madrid-based corporation providing post-disaster services such as building... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

15 Apr 2014
News

Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize

entrepreneur who has had a successful career in business, finance, yachting, and philanthropy. He is the former CEO of Serono SA (formerly known Ares-Serono), a family-controlled global pharmaceuticals and... View Details

Keywords: i-Lab; Harvard Medical School; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Mar 2014
News

Cutting Edge

an executive at several food companies, Silk had revived other century-old brands such as Jell-O, Lea & Perrins, Hebrew National, and Armour. Based on those successes, New York–based hedge fund York Capital Management asked Silk to become View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

And his afterlife: “When three-headed Cerberus greeted him / Socrates replied: ‘I won’t need / an attack dog, thank you. I married one.’” Mergers and Acquisitions: Integration and Transformation Management as the Gateway to Success by... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

during COVID In the Hot Seat Wisdom, war stories, and what’s next for global business from former GE CEO Jeff Immelt Complete Table of Contents June 2021 Alumni Achievement Awards 2021 Recipients of the School’s highest honor talk about... View Details

02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007

firms where the proposal was approved experienced a decrease in the level of CEO compensation relative to the control sample of S&P 500 firms; (ii) within targeted firms, the degree of voting support for the proposal was associated... View Details