Publications

1965
Article

Group Decision Making: A Report of an Experimental Study

By: Joseph L. Bower

When a group of people must decide on some one action, such as where shall we go out to dinner, or in an investment club which stock shall we buy, how do the individual members come to a decision that affords the best resolution of the question at hand for the group as... View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Conflict Management

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March 2007
Article

Gender Effects and Stock Market Reactions to the Announcement of Top Executive Appointments

This study uses Kanter's token status theory to link announcements of top executives to shareholder reactions, highlighting possible gender effects. Using a sample of top executive announcements from 1990 to 2000, our results show that investor reactions to the... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Management Succession; Gender; Management Teams

April 2005
Case

Merrill Lynch in 2003: Sunny Skies Ahead?

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and David Kiron

Merrill Lynch (ML) is at a crossroads. Stan O'Neal became its CEO and implemented a radical cost-cutting program. In addition, the company dot-com continues to recover from the fallout from the Enron and dot-com scandals. What are the future prospects for ML? Can the... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Condition; Investment; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; United States

December 1985 (Revised July 1993)
Case

Scovill, Inc.: NuTone Housing Group

Describes a conflict between the corporate controller and a division president about labor standards, which the division purposefully overstates to protect its margins. Illustrates the multiple roles of standards, and the roles of controllers and line management in... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Standards; Management Teams; Conflict and Resolution

March 1995 (Revised September 1997)
Case

Datavision (A)

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Depicts a "team-building" intervention by an organizational consultant at a small computer company. View Details

Keywords: Employees; Groups and Teams; Social and Collaborative Networks; Computer Industry

2017
Gender Conformity & Nonconformity

Making Trans Visible With Technology

1992
Book

Corporate Information Systems Management: Issues Facing Senior Executives

By: J. I. Cash Jr., F. W. McFarlan and J. L. McKenney

Keywords: Information Management; Management Teams

June 2000
Article

The Future of Business Groups in Emerging Markets: Long-Run Evidence from Chile

By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Emerging Markets; Chile

Article

The Role of the Board Chair During a Crisis

By: Achim Schmitt, Gilbert Probst and Michael Tushman

A company’s long-term survival during a crisis depends on complementary roles, strategic alignment, and chemistry between the chair and CEO. View Details

Keywords: Board Chair; Management Teams; Crisis Management; Relationships

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2015
Working Paper

Are CEOs Born Leaders? Lessons from Traits of a Million Individuals

By: Renée Adams, Matti Keloharju and Samuli Knüpfer

What makes a CEO? We merge data on the traits of more than one million Swedish males, measured at age 18 in a mandatory military enlistment test, with data on their service as a CEO of any Swedish company decades later. CEOs have higher cognitive and non-cognitive... View Details

Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Management Teams

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September 1993 (Revised October 1993)
Supplement

First National City Bank Operating Group (C)

By: John P. Kotter and Andrew P. Burtis

Provides a short summary of John Reed's succession at City Bank from Executive Vice President in 1976 to CEO in 1984. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Personal Development and Career; Banking Industry

2013
Organizational Change

William Bielby Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium

2014
Gender Relations, Gender Stereotypes, & Women's Relationships

Leah Sheppard

March 1981 (Revised November 1998)
Supplement

Corning Glass Works International (C2)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Michael Y. Yoshino

Follows the impact of a change in global strategy on a diversified company's global organization structure. Reviews the company's subsequent performance internationally. Also presents reflections by top management on future possible change in the organization... View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Change; Performance; Globalized Firms and Management; Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry

Article

The Role of Conflict in Economic Decision-Making Groups: Some Empirical Results

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Economics; Decision Making; Groups and Teams; Information

March 2000 (Revised February 2005)
Case

Thomas Weisel Partners (B): Year One

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scott D Landry

After its launch in February 1999, Thomas Weisel Partners experiences rapid growth in its first year. This case details the inaugural year's development and probes what steps the firm should take to continue the momentum. View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Financial Institutions; Management Teams; Growth Management; Financial Services Industry

April 1999 (Revised November 1999)
Case

ConAgra, Inc.: Across the Food Chain

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Carlos A. A Gonzalez

Two years after taking over as CEO, Bruce Rohde must determine how best to deal with the changes affecting this major global agribusiness firm. He must reassess the direction of the company as well as determine in which industries it should participate. View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Globalization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

April 1998 (Revised July 1999)
Case

Randy Komisar: Virtual CEO

Randy Komisar serves as "virtual CEO" to numerous hi-tech start-ups in Silicon Valley. Explores Randy's role, his perspective on general management, and a choice between two opportunities in which he is considering investing his time. View Details

Keywords: Technology; Business or Company Management; Leadership; Business Startups; Management Teams; Technology Industry; California