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  • 09 Aug 2017
  • News

Non-Executive Directors Need To Align With Managers -- Without Losing Their Independence

  • 2007
  • Book

The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning

By: Joseph L. Bower
With rising CEO turnover, companies are increasingly looking outside for qualified candidates. Sure, externally recruited CEOs bring fresh perspectives and connections. But they lack the in-depth knowledge of the company's culture and history that they need to succeed.... View Details
Keywords: Recruitment; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership Development; Management Succession
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  • 24 Aug 2013
  • News

Questions for Microsoft as It Nears a Crossroad

  • 29 May 2020
  • News

G.E., Which Traces Its Roots to Thomas Edison, Sells Its Lighting Business

  • 29 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 29

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/bgjs13_84709dcc-425f-4fe2-8600-0f8cbb50be16.pdf August 2013 The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management The Case Method By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 2016
  • News

As Iger’s Exit Nears, Disney Takes Quiet Approach to Succession

  • 08 Aug 2013
  • News

Truth in fiction

  • Article

The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership

By: Joseph L. Bower and Lynn S. Paine
Agency theory, a new model of governance promulgated by academic economists in the 1970s, is behind the idea that corporate managers should make shareholder value their primary concern and that boards should ensure they do. The theory regards shareholders as owners of... View Details
Keywords: Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Corporate Governance
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  • 16 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

certain circumstances; and they tend to be physically and psychologically distant from the companies’ activities. Joseph Bower and Lynn Paine examine the agency-based model’s foundations and flaws and its... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 13 Oct 2018
  • News

USA TODAY’s False Trump Op-Ed Raises Questions About Their Journalistic Integrity

  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 17 Jan 2020
  • In Practice

6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart

clarify the complex "They can communicate very clearly and succinctly—usually with short words and short sentences—and even on complex issues. They've developed the skills necessary to really get to the heart of things." Joseph View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost

    The CEO Within

    With rising CEO turnover, companies are increasingly looking outside for qualified candidates. Sure, externally recruited CEOs bring fresh perspectives and connections. But they lack the in-depth knowledge of the company s culture and history that they need to succeed.... View Details
    • 05 Jun 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: June 5

    http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-105.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsThe Market for Healthcare Joseph L. Bower and Michael NorrisHarvard Business School Note 312-040 This... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 26 Apr 2023
    • In Practice

    Is AI Coming for Your Job?

    percent believe the technology will affect them personally. Harvard Business School faculty members share their thoughts below about how AI will reshape the workforce and the skills necessary to succeed in the years ahead. Joseph Fuller:... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology
    • 23 Aug 2021
    • News

    Power Can Be Abused, Scholars Say, or Harnessed for the Greater Good

    • 11 Sep 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: September 11, 2007

    European private equity industry as of mid-1998. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=299017   PublicationsThe CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning Author:Joseph View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 15 Nov 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

    Administration at HBS; and Julie Battilana, the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at HBS and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard’s Kennedy School. “Although... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 20 Sep 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change

    says Battilana, the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, who, for more than a... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

      The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership

      Agency theory, a new model of governance promulgated by academic economists in the 1970s, is behind the idea that corporate managers should make shareholder value their primary concern and that boards should ensure they do. The theory regards shareholders as... View Details