Publications

Educators

Article

A Head Start on Succession

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... View Details

Keywords: Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations

Article

Inside-Outside

2008
Other Teaching and Training Material

Interview with Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Crisis Management; Management Succession

April 2008
Teaching Note

Indesit Company: Does Global Matter? (TN)

By: Joseph L. Bower and Sonja Ellingson Hout

Teaching Note for [308071]. View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry

April – May 2008
Article

The Leader Within: The Best CEO Succession Plans Groom Independent-minded Insiders for the Top Job

Keywords: Leadership; Management Succession; Jobs and Positions

February 2008 (Revised September 2008)
Case

Indesit Company: Does Global Matter?

In 2007, the leadership of the Indesit Company is focused on long-term corporate strategy. After 3 decades, the company has emerged as the number 2 home appliance producer in Europe. Should they invest further to be number 1, or should they focus on the global market,... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Global Strategy; Growth and Development; Business or Company Management; Brands and Branding; Markets; Problems and Challenges; Corporate Strategy; Consumer Products Industry

Educators

2008
Article

Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century

Keywords: Problems and Challenges

December 2007
Article

Il leader interno che guarda all'esterno

Article

Avoiding a Succession Crisis

Keywords: Management Succession; Crisis Management

November 2007
Article

Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders

This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In his interviews and data analysis, Harvard Business School professor Bower found... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Planning

2007
Book

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

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