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  • 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

  • 02 Jul 2024
  • Book

Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead

people begin to see that you're worth their investment. As you build leadership capital, the other forms of capital will also begin to come your way as others start to invest more and more in you. But you have to make that initial investment. From The Treasure You Seek... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Aug 2013
  • News

Truth in fiction

  • 01 Nov 2016
  • News

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

  • 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
  • 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

  • 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
  • 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

    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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 15 Jun 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

    Much of the substance of 20th century management was worked out at GM. Let's hope that crisis will summon the will to make the changes that are needed. If not, the next Detroit may be in China, and sooner than we think. Joseph View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Auto

      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
      • 09 May 2017
      • What Do You Think?

      Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

      managers and directors be maximizing returns to shareholders? What do YOU think? References: Joseph L. Bower and Lynn S. Paine, The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership:... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett
      • 19 Apr 2010
      • Research & Ideas

      The History of Beauty

      you have a major industry that still has lots to reveal. We asked Jones to discuss his research and his new book. Sean Silverthorne: What inspired your interest in the beauty business and its history? Geoffrey Jones: My initial interest in the beauty industry was... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics