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  • 12 Jan 2013
  • News

In Defense of the CEO

    The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership

    The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership is an examination of how the role of the  business leader in the U.S. has changed from World War II to the present.  A small number of high-profile individuals have transformed the face of modern-day... View Details

    • 02 Jan 2024
    • What Do You Think?

    Do Boomerang CEOs Get a Bad Rap?

    (AdobeStock/Vincent) The return of Robert Iger as CEO of Walt Disney followed by a poorer-than-expected company performance has rekindled the debate about whether the decision to bring back formerly successful View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 19 Nov 2013
    • News

    More Boards Recruit Former CEOs

    • 30 Jan 2019
    • Blog Post

    The Life and Role of a CEO

    Miho Sakuma (MBA '20) is from Tokyo, Japan and graduated with a major in history at Williams College. Prior to HBS, Miho worked in management consulting for Mickinsey in the Tokyo and New Jersey offices. As a former management consultant, I always found it exciting to... View Details
    • 2017
    • Chapter

    Are Founder CEOs Good Managers?

    By: Victor Manuel Bennett, Megan Lawrence and Raffaella Sadun
    We investigate the management practices adopted by firms where the founders are also the CEOs using data from the World Management Survey. We find that founder CEO firms have the lowest management scores of any owner-manager pair type and that this difference is... View Details
    Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Performance
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    • 10 Apr 2019
    • News

    The rise of CEO activism

    • 27 Nov 2012
    • News

    Investors Demand CEO Face Time

    • 01 Dec 2002
    • News

    An Admirable CEO

    With CEOs being viewed in a harsh light these days, Business Week (September 23, 2002) profiled six corporate leaders who “have built enduring U.S. companies without bending the rules.” Among them was Reuben Mark (MBA '63), chairman and... View Details
    • 05 Nov 2019
    • News

    Alumnus Named McDonald’s CEO

    Chris Kempczinski (MBA 1997) has been named the new CEO of McDonald’s. Previously serving as McDonald's USA President, Kempczinski was instrumental in the recent turnaround of the iconic burger chain, a process which was detailed at... View Details
    Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
    • 24 Sep 2014
    • Op-Ed

    The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

    Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities
    • March 2017 (Revised October 2017)
    • Supplement

    CEO Activism (B)

    By: Michael W. Toffel, Aaron K. Chatterji and Julia Kelley
    Supplements the (A) case. View Details
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    • June 2011
    • Article

    The Ambidextrous CEO

    By: Michael L. Tushman, Wendy K. Smith and Andy Binns
    Keywords: Management
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    • 23 Feb 2017
    • News

    Alcan CEO Remembered

    Keywords: manufacturing; Alcan; obituary; leadership; Manufacturing
    • 16 Mar 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards

    Keywords: by Edward J. Ludwig, Anna Elise Walton & Michael Beer
    • 23 Aug 2013
    • News

    CEO Ballmer to leave Microsoft

    • 12 May 2021
    • News

    The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

    • 27 Mar 2018
    • News

    Why CEOs Are Taking a Stand

    • January 2018
    • Case

    Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors

    By: Nitin Nohria, Kerry Herman and Sarah Gulick
    Library case detailing the career of Mary Barra, GM’s CEO from January 2014, and her handling of the GM ignitions scandal, GM’s move into electric and autonomous car development, and activist investors. View Details
    Keywords: CEO; Female Ceo; Automobiles; Leadership; Crisis Management; Auto Industry; Michigan
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    • 15 May 2015
    • Video

    Layoffs During Recession: CEO Dave Cote