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- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
What makes a successful entrepreneurial leader? Is it the technical brilliance of Bill Gates? The obsessive focus on user experience of Steve Jobs? The vision, passion, and strong execution of Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo? Or maybe...
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by HBS Working Knowledge
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Campaign Success Continues
The generous gift for the School’s doctoral programs fulfills an important need at HBS and will have a far-reaching impact. “We are grateful to the thousands of alumni and friends who generously have supported the campaign,” said Dean Kim B. Clark, noting that many...
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- 12 May 2010
- News
Venture Financing and Entrepreneurial Success
- 25 Nov 2013
- News
Does successful viral marketing lead to a successful product?
- Article
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...
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Investment Return;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Leadership Development;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Succession;
Management Teams;
Business and Shareholder Relations
Bower, Joseph L. "A Head Start on Succession." Strategy + Business, no. 51 (Summer 2008): 84–85.
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman
as the appointment that you have with the CEO." Striking a balance between work and personal life was one of the five traits of leadership success that McGovern emphasized in her talk at Harvard Business School. The others:...
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by Martha Lagace
- April 2004
- Article
Success That Lasts, 659X
By: Laura L. Nash and Howard Stevenson
Keywords:
Success
Nash, Laura L., and Howard Stevenson. "Success That Lasts, 659X." HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition Harvard Business Review (April 2004).
- Research Summary
Success Factors in Commercial Sourcing Markets
Identifying and quantifying the features of commercial sourcing markets that contribute to successful and unsuccessful outcomes.
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- Article
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "Avoiding a Succession Crisis." Opinion-Manager's Journal. Wall Street Journal (November 7, 2007), A22.
- March 2007 (Revised December 2007)
- Background Note
Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition: Successful Models
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Laura Winig and Kerry Herman
Provides successful models of private-public sector cooperatives in alleviating poverty and malnutrition.
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Business Model;
Nutrition;
Cooperative Ownership;
Business and Government Relations;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Poverty;
Welfare
Goldberg, Ray A., Laura Winig, and Kerry Herman. "Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition: Successful Models." Harvard Business School Background Note 907-412, March 2007. (Revised December 2007.)
- 04 May 2020
- News
Your CEO Succession Plan Can't Wait
- 08 Dec 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
Uber's Strategy for Global Success
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Success for the Underserved
"Our goal is to change the conversation about success in entrepreneurship in underserved communities," Gray explained to the Chicago Sun-Times (October 12, 2012). "We are taught that success is to go to...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
SVMP a High-Energy Success
week immersed in case discussions and study groups, a highlight of a summer in which they also worked as interns at large companies. “We're pleased that more people are learning about the program,” said Associate Professor Benjamin C. Esty, SVMP chairman, who noted...
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- April 2011
- Article
Why Leaders Don't Learn from Success
By: Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano
We argue that for a variety of psychological reasons, it is often much harder for leaders and organizations to learn from success than to learn from failure. Success creates three kinds of traps that often impede deep learning. The first is attribution error or the...
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Learning;
Innovation and Management;
Leadership;
Failure;
Success;
Performance Evaluation;
Prejudice and Bias
Gino, Francesca, and Gary P. Pisano. "Why Leaders Don't Learn from Success." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 4 (April 2011): 68–74.
- 11 Oct 2016
- News
Joke your way to success
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Stephen Covey's Successful Habits
recently published The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. Writer Orna Feldman recently spoke with Covey. What explains the success of your 7 Habits books? Pain. People have broken relationships. They live in a mistrustful culture....
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- November 1, 2022
- Other Article
The Sales Success Matrix
By: Jim Dickie, Boris Groysberg, Benson Shapiro and Barry Trailer
Dickie, Jim, Boris Groysberg, Benson Shapiro, and Barry Trailer. "The Sales Success Matrix." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 1, 2022).
- March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
Pittsburgh: A Successful City?
Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of...
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Economic And Social Disparities;
Economic Development;
Local Economic Development;
Contextual Intelligence;
Contextual Knowledge;
Context;
City Growth;
City Innovation;
City Leadership;
Pittsburgh;
Local Government;
Local Stakeholders;
Business And Community;
Business And Community Relations;
Community Engagement;
Community Relations;
Cross-sector Collaboration;
Innovation;
Innovation Economy;
Innovation Clusters;
Innovation Ecosystems;
Shared Prosperity;
Equality Of Opportunity;
Equity;
Inclusion;
Business And Government;
Business & Government Relations;
Business And Government Relations;
Business And Society;
Neighborhoods;
Race And Ethnicity;
Innovation & Entrepreneurship;
Diversity;
Ethnicity;
Race;
Household;
Income;
Economic Growth;
Economic Sectors;
Economics;
Local Range;
Urban Development;
Urban Scope;
City;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Government and Politics;
Government Administration;
Growth and Development;
History;
Leadership;
Goals and Objectives;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Society;
Civil Society or Community;
Culture;
Human Needs;
Public Opinion;
Public Sector;
Social Issues;
Poverty;
Equality and Inequality;
Manufacturing Industry;
Steel Industry;
Education Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
Pittsburgh;
Pennsylvania
Mills, Karen, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck, and Zeke Gillman. "Pittsburgh: A Successful City?" Harvard Business School Case 322-080, March 2022. (Revised April 2023.)
- 07 Nov 2007
- News