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Boris Groysberg

Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor of Business Administration

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Books

Groysberg, Boris. Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance. Princeton University Press, forthcoming.

Published Papers

Groysberg, Boris, Jeffrey T. Polzer, and Hillary Anger Elfenbein. "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How High Status Individuals Decrease Group Effectiveness." Organization Science (forthcoming).

Groysberg, Boris, and Linda Eling-Lee. "Star Power: Colleague Quality and Turnover." Industrial and Corporate Change (forthcoming).

Groysberg, Boris, Linda Eling-Lee, and Robin Abrahams. "What It Takes to Make 'Star' Hires Pay Off." MIT Sloan Management Review 51, no. 2 (winter 2010): 57-61.

Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Five Ways to Bungle a Job Change." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 1 (January - February 2010): 137-140. Abstract

The article focuses on career development and job change. The challenges, transaction costs, and risks associated with job moves are discussed. The authors' research with executives is noted. The mistakes in career development that job hunters make are not doing enough research on the job market, leaving a job for one that offers more money, job-hopping instead of career planning, overestimating one's value to an organization, and thinking in a short-term perspective. Questions that should be asked throughout the process of a job change are mentioned. The effect of psychological, social, and time pressures on a job move is mentioned.


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Groysberg, Boris, and Linda-Eling Lee. "Hiring Stars and Their Colleagues: Exploration and Exploitation in Professional Service Firms." Organization Science 20, no. 4 (July - August 2009): 740–758.

Fernandez-Araoz, Claudio, Boris Groysberg, and Nitin Nohria. "The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 5 (May 2009): 74-84.

Groysberg, Boris, Linda-Eling Lee, and Robin Abrahams. "The Myth of the Lone Star: Why One Top Performer May Not Shine as Brightly as You Hope." Business Insight: Human Resources. The Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2009, R4.

Groysberg, Boris, Ashish Nanda, and M. Julia Prats. "Does Individual Performance Affect Entrepreneurial Mobility? Empirical Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market." Journal of Financial Transformation 25 (March 2009): 95-106. Abstract

Our paper contributes to the studies on the relationship between workers' human capital and their decision to become self-employed as well as their probability to survive as entrepreneurs. Analysis from a panel data set of research analysts in investment banks over 1988-1996 reveals that star analysts are more likely than non-star analysts to become entrepreneurs. Furthermore, we find that ventures started by star analysts have a higher probability of survival than ventures established by non-star analysts. Extending traditional theories of entrepreneurship and labor mobility, our results also suggest that drivers of turnover vary by destination: (a) turnover to entrepreneurship and (b) other turnover. In contrast to turnover to entrepreneurship, star analysts are less likely to move to other firms than non-star analysts.
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Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Yang Gui. "Can Research Committees Add Value for Investors? An Analysis of Lehman Brothers’ Ten Uncommon Values® Recommendations." Investments Issue. Journal of Financial Transformation 24 (November 2008): 123-130.

Groysberg, Boris, and Linda-Eling Lee. "The Effects of Colleague Quality on Top Performance: The Case of Security Analysts." Special Issue on Professional Service Firms: Where Organization Theory and Organizational Behavior Might Meet, edited by Roy Suddaby, Royston Greenwood, and Celeste Wilderom. Journal of Organizational Behavior 29, no. 8 (November 2008): 1123-1144.

Groysberg, Boris, Lex Sant, and Robin Abrahams. "How to Minimize the Risks of Hiring Outside Stars." The Journal Report, Business Insight. The Wall Street Journal, September 22, 2008, R4.

Groysberg, Boris, Lex Sant, and Robin Abrahams. "When 'Stars' Migrate, Do They Still Perform Like Stars?" MIT Sloan Management Review 50, no. 1 (fall 2008): 41 - 46.

Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Craig James Chapman. "Buy-Side vs. Sell-Side Analysts' Earnings Forecasts." Financial Analysts Journal 64, no. 4 (July - August 2008): 25 - 39.

Groysberg, Boris, Linda-Eling Lee, and Ashish Nanda. "Can They Take It with Them? The Portability of Star Knowledge Workers’ Performance: Myth or Reality." Management Science 54 (July 2008): 1213 - 1230.

Nohria, Nitin, Boris Groysberg, and Linda-Eling Lee. "Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model." HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008): 78 - 84.

Groysberg, Boris. "How Star Women Build Portable Skills." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 2 (February 2008): 74-81.

Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Lift Outs: How to Acquire a High-Functioning Team." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 12 (December 2006): 133-140.

Groysberg, Boris, Andrew N. McLean, and Nitin Nohria. "Are Leaders Portable?" Harvard Business Review 84, no. 5 (May 2006): 92-100.

Cowen, Amanda Paige, Boris Groysberg, and Paul Healy. "Which Types of Analyst Firms Are More Optimistic?" Journal of Accounting & Economics 41, nos. 1-2 (April 2006): 119-146. (Winner of the 2006 Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence.)

Groysberg, Boris, Ashish Nanda, and Nitin Nohria. "The Risky Business of Hiring Stars." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 5 (May 2004): 92-100.

Other Papers

Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, Nitin Nohria, and George Serafeim. "What Factors Drive Analysts Forecasts?" Working Paper. (2010.)

Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, Georgios Serafeim, Devin M. Shanthikumar, and Yang Gui. "Who Makes Better Stock Picks: The Sell-side or The Buy-side?" Working Paper. (2010.)

Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and David Maber. "What Drives Sell-Side Analyst Compensation at High-Status Banks?" Working Paper.

Groysberg, Boris, and Ashish Nanda. "Does Stardom Affect Job Mobility? Evidence from Analyst Turnover in Investment Banks." Revise and resubmit, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.

HBS Course Materials

Healy, Paul M., and Boris Groysberg. "10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process." Harvard Business School Case 405-022.

Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy. "10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-073.

Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, and Derek Haas. "The 1995 Release of the Institutional Investor Research Report: The Impact of New Information." Harvard Business School Case 408-061.

Groysberg, Boris, Colleen Kaftan, and Wilfred S. McCalla, Jr. "Alan Kendricks at Cardiology Associates." Harvard Business School Case 407-067.

Groysberg, Boris, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Alan Kendricks at Cardiology Associates (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 408-135.

Groysberg, Boris, and Eliot Sherman. "Baker & McKenzie (A): A New Framework for Talent Management." Harvard Business School Case 408-008.

Groysberg, Boris, and Eliot Sherman. "Baker & McKenzie (B): A New Framework for Talent Management." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-009.

Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, and Deborah Bell. "Barbara Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit." Harvard Business School Case 409-090.

Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Big Spaceship: Ready to Go Big?" Harvard Business School Case 409-047.

Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Big Spaceship: Ready to Go Big? (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 409-087.

Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, Colleen Kaftan, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Cinergy and Duke Energy 2005: Think BIG." Harvard Business School Case 408-096.

Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Sarah Abbott. "Credit Suisse Group: Managing Equity Research as a Business." Harvard Business School Case 410-073.

Groysberg, Boris, and Lindsay Tanne. "Dawn Stokes: The View from the Driver's Seat." Harvard Business School Case 410-064.

Groysberg, Boris, Andrew N. McLean, and Cate Reavis. "Delivering Strategic Human Resource Management." Harvard Business School Note 405-049.

Groysberg, Boris, and Amanda Paige Cowen. "Developing Leaders." Harvard Business School Note 407-015.

Groysberg, Boris, Geoff Eckman Marietta, and Steven Manchel. "Don Jenkins: Between Opportunities." Harvard Business School Case 408-094.

Groysberg, Boris, Anahita Hashemi, and Brendan Reed. "Drexel Burnham Lambert (A): "The Smartest People on Wall Street Can be Had"." Harvard Business School Case 406-107.

Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Drexel Burnham Lambert (A): "The Smartest People on Wall Street Can Be Had" (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-077.

Groysberg, Boris. "Drexel Burnham Lambert (B): Kirsch's Talent Sale." Harvard Business School Supplement 406-057.

Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm." Harvard Business School Case 407-025.

Groysberg, Boris. "Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-113.

Groysberg, Boris, Joel Podolny, and Timothy Keller. "Fernwood Art Investments: Leading in an Imperfect Marketplace." Harvard Business School Case 405-032.

Groysberg, Boris, and Ingrid Vargas. "Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses." Harvard Business School Case 406-102.

Groysberg, Boris, and Ingrid Vargas. "Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses (custom version)." Harvard Business School Case 405-079.

Groysberg, Boris, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Financial Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 409-005.

Beaulieu, Nancy D., Boris Groysberg, and Kyle Todd Doherty. "Furman Selz LLC (A): A Tale of Two Acquisitions." Harvard Business School Case 905-066.

Beaulieu, Nancy D., Boris Groysberg, and Kyle Todd Doherty. "Furman Selz LLC (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 905-067.

Groysberg, Boris, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Furman Selz LLC (TN) (A) and (B): A Tale of Two Acquisitions." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-078.

Nanda, Ashish, Malcolm S. Salter, Boris Groysberg, and Sarah Matthews. "Goldman Sachs IPO, The." Harvard Business School Case 800-016.

Groysberg, Boris, and Ingrid Vargas. "Innovation and Collaboration at Merrill Lynch." Harvard Business School Case 406-081.

Groysberg, Boris, and Amanda Cowen. "Innovation and Collaboration at Merrill Lynch (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-079.

Groysberg, Boris, Tal Riesenfeld, and Eliot Sherman. "Israeli Special Forces: Selection Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 409-041.

Groysberg, Boris, David A. Thomas, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Keeping Google "Googley"." Harvard Business School Case 409-039.

Groysberg, Boris, David A. Thomas, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Keeping Google “Googley” (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 409-099.

Groysberg, Boris, Scott A. Snook, and David Lane. "Leadership Development at Goldman Sachs." Harvard Business School Case 406-002.

Groysberg, Boris, and Scott A. Snook. "Leadership Development at Goldman Sachs (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-080.

Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, Colleen Kaftan, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Leadership in Energy: Jim Rogers at Cinergy." Harvard Business School Case 408-097.

Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Shirley Spence. "Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper." Harvard Business School Case 407-033.

Groysberg, Boris, Shirley Spence, and Robin Abrahams. "Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-048.

Groysberg, Boris. "Leadership in Law: Amy Schulman at DLA Piper (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplements 408-701.

Groysberg, Boris, and Laura Morgan Roberts. "Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-054.

Groysberg, Boris, and Laura Morgan Roberts. "Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-027.

Groysberg, Boris, and Laura Morgan Roberts. "Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (C): Definition of Success over Time." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-072.

Roberts, Laura Morgan, and Boris Groysberg. "Leading the Josie Esquivel Franchise (TN) (A), (B), & (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-099.

Groysberg, Boris, and Andrew N. McLean. "Leerink Swann & Co.: Creating Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Case 406-060.

Groysberg, Boris, and Andrew N. McLean. "Leerink Swann & Co.: Creating Competitive Advantage (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 406-061.

Nanda, Ashish, Boris Groysberg, and Lauren Prusiner. "Lehman Brothers (A): Rise of the Equity Research Department." Harvard Business School Case 906-034.

Nanda, Ashish, Boris Groysberg, and Lauren Prusiner. "Lehman Brothers (B): Exit Jack Rivkin." Harvard Business School Supplement 906-035.

Nanda, Ashish, and Boris Groysberg. "Lehman Brothers (C): Decline of the Equity Research Department." Harvard Business School Case 902-003.

Groysberg, Boris, and Ashish Nanda. "Lehman Brothers (D): Reemergence of the Equity Research Department." Harvard Business School Supplement 406-090.

Groysberg, Boris, and Emilie Codega. "Managing Individual Human Capital: Research Resources." Harvard Business School Note 410-046.

Groysberg, Boris, and Ann Cullen. "Managing Organizational Human Capital: Research Resources." Harvard Business School Note 410-045.

Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, Mark Maletz, and Kerry Herman. "Managing Talent at Bertelsmann AG (A)." Harvard Business School Case 410-010.

Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Managing Your Own Human Capital: Executive Interview Exercise (2008)." Harvard Business School Exercise 409-040.

Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Managing Your Own Human Capital: Executive Interview Exercise (2009)." Harvard Business School Exercise 410-047.

Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 409-013.

Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and David Kiron. "Merrill Lynch in 2003: Sunny Skies Ahead?" Harvard Business School Case 105-067.

Eccles, Robert G., Boris Groysberg, and Ann Cullen. "A Note on Compensation Research." Harvard Business School Note 408-114.

Groysberg, Boris, and David Lane. "People Management." Harvard Business School Exercise 406-034.

Groysberg, Boris, David Lane, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "People Management (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-016.

Groysberg, Boris, Scott A. Snook, and David Lane. "The Pine Street Initiative at Goldman Sachs." Harvard Business School Case 407-053.

Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Amanda Cowen. "Prudential Securities." Harvard Business School Case 104-008.

Healy, Paul M., Boris Groysberg, and Geoff Marietta. "Prudential Securities (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 108-027.

Groysberg, Boris, and Kerry Herman. "Rachael Ray: Cooking Up a Brand." Harvard Business School Case 409-011.

Groysberg, Boris, Stephen Balog, and Jennifer Haimson. "Recruitment of a Star." Harvard Business School Case 407-036.

Groysberg, Boris, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Recruitment of a Star (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-081.

Groysberg, Boris, Steve Balog, and Jennifer Haimson. "Roller Coaster Ride, The: The Resignation of a Star." Harvard Business School Case 405-031.

Groysberg, Boris, Robin Abrahams, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "The Roller Coaster Ride: The Resignation of a Star (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-100.

Groysberg, Boris, and Eliot Sherman. "The Royal Bank of Scotland Group: The Human Capital Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 408-060.

Groysberg, Boris, Geoff Eckman Marietta, Tim Marshal, and Adam Hartley. "Sanctuary Soft: International Expansion Strategies." Harvard Business School Case 409-104.

Groysberg, Boris, and Anahita Hashemi. "Sanford C. Bernstein: Growing Pains." Harvard Business School Case 405-011.

Groysberg, Boris, and Anahita Hashemi. "Sanford C. Bernstein & Company: Growing Pains." Harvard Business School Case 406-026.

Groysberg, Boris, David Lane, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Sanford C. Bernstein & Company: Growing Pains (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-083.

Groysberg, Boris, and Anahita Hashemi. "Sanford C. Bernstein: The Fork in the Road (A)." Harvard Business School Case 404-001.

Groysberg, Boris, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Sanford C. Bernstein: The Fork in the Road (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 409-008.

Groysberg, Boris, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Sanford C. Bernstein: The Fork in the Road (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 409-006.

Groysberg, Boris, and Eliot Sherman. "Sloan & Harrison: Non-Equity Partner Discontent." Harvard Business School Case 409-033.

Groysberg, Boris, and Eliot Sherman. "Sloan & Harrison: The Associate Challenge." Harvard Business School Case 409-032.

Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, and Kerry Herman. "Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates." Harvard Business School Case 409-079.

Groysberg, Boris, David A. Thomas, and David Lane. "Sonoco Products Co.: Interview with Cindy Hartley, video." Harvard Business School Video Supplements 407-704.

Thomas, David A., Boris Groysberg, and Cate Reavis. "Sonoco Products Company (A): Building a World-Class HR Organization." Harvard Business School Case 405-009.

Thomas, David A., Boris Groysberg, and Cate Reavis. "Sonoco Products Company (B): The Hybrid Model." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-010.

Groysberg, Boris, David A. Thomas, and David Lane. "Sonoco Products Company (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 407-063.

Groysberg, Boris, David A. Thomas, and David Lane. "Sonoco Products Company (TN) (A), (B) and (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-058.

Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-088.

Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 409-058.

Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 406-112.

Groysberg, Boris, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 409-004.

DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, Boris Groysberg, Matthew C. Lieb, and Scott D Landry. "Thomas Weisel Partners (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-215.

Groysberg, Boris, Christopher Marquis, and Ayesha Kanji. "Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 407-037.

Groysberg, Boris, Christopher Marquis, and Ayesha Kanji. "Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 407-038.

Groysberg, Boris, Christopher Marquis, and Ayesha Kanji. "Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 407-039.

Groysberg, Boris, Christopher Marquis, and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (TN) (A), (B), and (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-085.