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  • 16 Oct 2009
  • News

Beware Superstar CEOs

    Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

    How does an entrepreneur, aspiring manager, or CEO become a master of strategy? In this book, we argue that everyone can learn from three of the greatest strategist of modern time, Bill Gates, Andy Grove and Steve Jobs, who also built three of the most valuable... View Details

    • March 2019
    • Article

    A Structural Analysis of the Role of Superstars in Crowdsourcing Contests

    By: Shunyuan Zhang, Param Singh and Anindya Ghose
    We investigate the long-term impact of competing against superstars in crowdsourcing contests. Using a unique 50-month longitudinal panel data set on 1677 software design crowdsourcing contests, we illustrate a learning effect where participants are able to improve... View Details
    Keywords: Crowdsourcing Contests; Superstar Effect; Bayesian Learning; Utility; Economics Of Information System; Dynamic Structural Model; Dynamic Programming; Markov Chain; Monte Carlo; Learning; Competition; Performance Improvement
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    Spatial Agglomeration and Superstar Firms

    By: Laura Alfaro
    We characterize the agglomeration patterns of industries and plants in Europe, distinguishing Eurozone countries and the United States. Using a micro-level index, we quantify the degree of geographic concentration in industrial activities and explore how firm... View Details
    • September 2002
    • Article

    The Curse of the Superstar CEO

    By: Rakesh Khurana
    Keywords: Management
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    • 13 Sep 2010
    • News

    Beware the superstar chief executive

    • 21 Mar 2016
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

    difficult to pull off. You’re better off investing in that one $200 million movie. It seems risky to put all your eggs in one basket, but it can be the best way to go.” The value of superstars In Elberse’s book Blockbusters, she notes... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education
    • 2019
    • Chapter

    Spatial Agglomeration and Superstar Firms: Firm-level Patterns from Europe and U.S.

    By: Laura Alfaro, Maggie X. Chen and Harald Fadinger
    We characterize the agglomeration patterns of industries and plants in Europe, distinguishing Eurozone countries and the United States. Using a micro-level index, we quantify the degree of geographic concentration in industrial activities and explore how firm... View Details
    Keywords: Agglomeration; Patterns; Industry Clusters; Europe; United States
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    • 25 Aug 2018
    • News

    Are Superstar Firms and Amazon Effects Reshaping the Economy?

    • 05 Jun 2019
    • Podcast

    Investing in innovation: boosting growth beyond superstar cities

    Can a Manhattan Project on steroids revitalize languishing US regions and drive balanced economic growth? In their book Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream MIT economists Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson... View Details
    • 03 Sep 2017
    • News

    America's Superstar Companies Are a Drag on Growth

    • 20 Aug 2015
    • Blog Post

    AVICII: REFLECTIONS ON MANAGING THE BRAND OF A GLOBAL SUPERSTAR

    goals, and values related to our lives and careers post business school. One of my ten photos was of a young Swedish DJ named Avicii and his manager Ash Pournouri. For me this photo represented my desire to work with global superstar... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
    • 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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    • 31 Aug 2013
    • News

    Hulbert on Investing: Beyond the Superstar CEO

    • 20 Aug 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Spatial Agglomeration and Superstar Firms: Firm-level Patterns from Europe and US

    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Maggie X. Chen, and Harald Fadinger
    • October 28, 2013
    • Other Article

    How the Competition for Superstar Endorsers is Changing the Sports Business

    By: Anita Elberse
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    • 03 Jul 2019
    • News

    Lee Iaccoca, Superstar CEO Of Chrysler, Dies At 94

    • March 8, 2023
    • Article

    How to Help Superstar Employees Fulfill Their Potential

    By: Anthony J. Mayo
    To better understand the leadership challenges and development opportunities facing high-potential employees, researchers analyzed more than 3,000 applications to Harvard Business School’s High Potentials Leadership Program over a nearly 20-year period. The... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Business Education
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    • 08 Mar 2023
    • News

    How to Help Superstar Employees Fulfill Their Potential

    • December 2019
    • Case

    Small-Market Teams and Big Stars: The Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo

    By: Anita Elberse and Melcolm Ruffin
    In October 2019, National Basketball Association (NBA) team the Milwaukee Bucks are about to tip off their first home game in the 2019–2020 NBA season. Peter Feigin, president of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Jon Horst, the league’s youngest general manager, could look back... View Details
    Keywords: Superstars; Talent and Talent Management; Sports; Strategy; Sports Industry
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