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      • July 30, 2002
      • Guest Column

      Fishing for CEOs in Your Own Backyard

      By: Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Rakesh Khurana
      Keywords: Management
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      Sonnenfeld, Jeffrey, and Rakesh Khurana. "Fishing for CEOs in Your Own Backyard." Wall Street Journal (July 30, 2002).
      • June 2002 (Revised January 2010)
      • Case

      Delphi Corporation (A)

      By: Jay W. Lorsch, Rakesh Khurana and Sonya Sanchez
      The Delphi Corp.'s board of directors faces a transition as lead director Thomas Wyman approaches mandatory retirement. Chairman and CEO J.T. Battenberg reflects on Delphi's history and its successful reinvention by Wyman and Battenberg when it separated from its... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Management Succession; Management Teams; Relationships; Corporate Strategy
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      Lorsch, Jay W., Rakesh Khurana, and Sonya Sanchez. "Delphi Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-033, June 2002. (Revised January 2010.)
      • June 2002
      • Article

      Market Triads: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Market Intermediation

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      Keywords: Theory; Markets
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      Khurana, Rakesh. "Market Triads: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Market Intermediation." Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior 32, no. 2 (June 2002).
      • March 2002
      • Supplement

      Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (B)

      By: Rakesh Khurana and Gina Carioggia
      Supplements the (A) case. View Details
      Keywords: Turkey
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      Khurana, Rakesh, and Gina Carioggia. "Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 402-046, March 2002.
      • November 2001 (Revised April 2002)
      • Case

      Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (A)

      By: Rakesh Khurana, Gina Carioggia and Simon Johnson
      Describes 37-year-old Ferit Sahenk's challenges in taking over his father's traditionally managed $14 billion Turkish conglomerate in a period of economic instability. Leading the large holding company into the 21st century will require the establishment of a more... View Details
      Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Trade; Competitive Strategy; Decision Making; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Business; Change Management; Turkey
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      Khurana, Rakesh, Gina Carioggia, and Simon Johnson. "Taking Charge at Dogus Holding (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-009, November 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
      • fall 2001
      • Article

      Finding the Right CEO: Why Boards Often Make Poor Choices

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      Keywords: Management; Governance; Decision Choices and Conditions
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      Khurana, Rakesh. "Finding the Right CEO: Why Boards Often Make Poor Choices." MIT Sloan Management Review 43, no. 1 (fall 2001): 91–96.
      • November 1999 (Revised March 2001)
      • Case

      Russell Reynolds Associates, 1999

      By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Rakesh Khurana
      The president and CEO of Russell Reynolds examined the company's expansion strategy, especially in emerging markets. He evalulates how quickly the company should open new offices abroad and in which countries. View Details
      Keywords: Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Consulting Industry
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      Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Rakesh Khurana. "Russell Reynolds Associates, 1999." Harvard Business School Case 100-039, November 1999. (Revised March 2001.)
      • May–June 1999
      • Article

      Changing Leaders: The Board's Role in CEO Succession

      By: J. W. Lorsch and Rakesh Khurana
      Keywords: Change; Leadership; Governance; Management
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      Lorsch, J. W., and Rakesh Khurana. "Changing Leaders: The Board's Role in CEO Succession." Harvard Business Review 77, no. 3 (May–June 1999).
      • April 1999 (Revised December 2003)
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      Al Dunlap at Sunbeam

      By: Brian J. Hall, Rakesh Khurana and Carleen Madigan
      Al Dunlap was one of the best-known corporate turnaround artists of the 1990s. In 1996, he was hired at Sunbeam to effect a restructuring, but was fired almost two years later when the company's financial performance and stock price began to decline. Many of the... View Details
      Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Restructuring; Stock Shares; Performance Evaluation; Leadership Style; Resignation and Termination; Motivation and Incentives; Executive Compensation; Outcome or Result; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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      Hall, Brian J., Rakesh Khurana, and Carleen Madigan. "Al Dunlap at Sunbeam." Harvard Business School Case 899-218, April 1999. (Revised December 2003.)
      • 1997
      • Working Paper

      The Effects of CEO Turnover in Large Industrial Corporations: A Study of the Fortune 200 From 1978 - 1993 (Revised)

      By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
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      Nohria, Nitin, and Rakesh Khurana. "The Effects of CEO Turnover in Large Industrial Corporations: A Study of the Fortune 200 From 1978 - 1993 (Revised)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 96-056, December 1997.
      • August 1993
      • Background Note

      Executing Change: Seven Key Considerations

      By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
      Provides a 7S framework to complement the McKinsey 7S framework. Focuses on some of the critical choices that must be made in implementing change--Strategic Intent, Substance, Scale, Scope, Speed, Sequence, and Style. Overall, the note argues that these choices must be... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Framework; Goals and Objectives; Management Style; Time Management; Strategy
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      Nohria, Nitin, and Rakesh Khurana. "Executing Change: Seven Key Considerations." Harvard Business School Background Note 494-038, August 1993.
      • August 1993
      • Background Note

      Executing Change: Three Generic Strategies

      By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
      Describes the strengths and weaknesses of three generic strategies for implementing change--programmatic change, discontinuous change, and emergent change. View Details
      Keywords: Change; Strategy
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      Nohria, Nitin, and Rakesh Khurana. "Executing Change: Three Generic Strategies." Harvard Business School Background Note 494-039, August 1993.
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      Bringing Individuals Back In: The Effects of Career Experience on New Firm Founding (forthcoming Industrial and Corporate Change, 2003)

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      In this paper (with Scott Shane) the link between the career experiences of potential entrepreneurs and the decision to found a new firm is explored. Because of methodological and theoretical obstacles, sociological research on organizational foundings has largely... View Details
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      Market Triads: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Market Intermediation (Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, June 2002)

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      This paper examines the role of executive search firms in CEO search. The paper argues that the numerical shift from two party market transactions (e.g. buyers and sellers) to three party transactions (e.g. buyers, sellers, and third party) transforms market exchanges... View Details
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      MBA Required Curriculum Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)

      By: Rakesh Khurana

      This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.

      The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of:

      • The determinants of group... View Details
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      Research Thrust

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
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      Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs ( Princeton University Press, October 2002)

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      In this book, I argue that the external CEO labor market was born in a burst of rhetoric about wresting control of corporations away from a group of self-interested insiders, as senior managers in the era of managerial capitalism had come to be portrayed. The rationale... View Details
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      Secrets of Succession (Financial Times, December 6, 2002, with Nicholas Carr)

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      Boards often choose a new chief executive in response to outside pressures, skewed perceptions and simple convenience. In this extended essay, we argue for a return to objectivity and rigour in the selection process. View Details
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      The Strategic and Performance Consequences of CEO Succession

      By: Rakesh Khurana
      The argument of this paper (with Nitin Nohria) is that research on executive turnover treats the departures of predecessors and the origin of successors as independent events. This approach has led to mixed empirical findings with respect to measuring the effects of... View Details
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