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  • 01 Oct 2012
  • News

James E. Burke, Johnson & Johnson CEO during Tylenol poisonings 30 years ago, dies at 87

  • 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
  • 14 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

the business but can't lead. That's why the best CEO should be both an insider and an outsider, says Harvard Business School professor Joseph L. Bower in his new book, The CEO... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment
  • 08 Aug 2013
  • News

Truth in fiction

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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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Bower, Joseph L., and Lynn S. Paine. "The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 3 (May–June 2017): 50–60. (Reprinted in HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review 2019, Boston, Mass: Harvard Business Review Press, 2019, pp. 165-192.)
  • 05 Jun 2012
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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
  • 06 Feb 2017
  • News

A Harvard professor on the five questions to ask when facing tough decisions

  • 15 Apr 2024
  • Book

Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters

cut through all the questions that inevitably run through their heads so they can instinctively choose the right path. The best way to tackle a tough call: Start by defining on a personal level what is right, says Harvard Business School Professor View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

    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
    • 16 May 2017
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    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 Feb 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable

    would hire 20,000 workers across the US. Similar stories of social media’s power inspired Harvard Business School professors Jonas Heese and Joseph Pacelli to research just how much social media can influence businesses. Their paper, “The... View Details
    Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Technology
    • 31 Dec 2018
    • News

    The year of the last action hero

    • 30 Nov 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

    officials, government regulators, and tent city activists. But there is one group of citizens with the power to make a difference: business leaders themselves, say Harvard Business School Professors Joseph View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
    • 23 Aug 2021
    • News

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

    • 11 Sep 2007
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    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

      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
      • 30 Jun 2020
      • Book

      Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

      The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • November 2007
      • Article

      Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      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
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007).
      • 17 Jan 2018
      • News

      GE’s chief executive opens the door to breaking up the company

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