Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

There are no guarantees to entrepreneurial success. Warren Buffett has famously credited most of his success to Luck. In research for we did for our forthcoming book, Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck , my co-authors and I were surprised at how many of the entrepreneurs and business builders we talked to attributed their success to Luck.

Net Present Value 15

Net Present Value Entrepreneur Strategic Fit Open-book 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

When partners in an alliance come into conflict, it can be just what is needed to produce a technically and commercially successful product. ” Members from each partner organization rate the alliance in areas related to strategic fit, operational fit, and cultural fit. The results were fascinating.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Survey Strategic Fit 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Others are a poor strategic fit. Most of these won't work out — one study found that a company needed to generate, on average, 3,000 raw ideas to find one that could be a commercial success. Trainers are brought in to teach everyone to be an innovator. There are "innovation boot camps." And so it goes.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Strategic Fit Innovation Idea Generation 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

If the succession and search are not driven by those who have already run another firm, the company is, in our experience, less likely to end up with a CEO who can run this one. and abroad, we have come to conclude that too much of the debate around CEO succession misses one of the most important determinants of success or failure.

CEO 8

CEO Committee P&L Charan 8

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 7, 2022

An old business standby, the SWOT Analysis , can be adapted to help you develop a recruitment strategy that uses your strengths to harness opportunities while reducing your vulnerability to those circumstances that make recruiting so challenging. Your aim is to develop a “strategic fit.”

SWOT 52

SWOT Analysis Brand Core Competence 52

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Successful spin-offs tend to have a management team that comprises both insiders and outsiders. The importance of this factor is corroborated by an academic study suggesting that for a divestiture to be successful, all managers involved must perceive it as a beneficial opportunity instead of an abandonment.

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

The result was multiple product launches and more than 10 years of limited or no success in the connected home space. The result: Market success for the product and the company was purchased by Google for $3.2 Situation Three: It Does Not Have Good Strategic Fit. Nest took a different approach. billion in 2014.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8