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  • 01 Aug 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

the number of candidates willing to consider such CEO positions, even though their willingness might be an indicator of potential success in these jobs. Taking the matter to an extreme, shareholders more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • December 2011
  • Article

How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance

By: Julie Wulf and Harbir Singh
The resource-based view argues that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Acquisition; Equity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Contracts; Performance; Governance; Legal Services Industry
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  • October 25, 2023
  • Article

How to Bring an Outside CEO into the Family Business

By: Christina R. Wing and Rohit K. Gera
One of the challenges for a family-owned business is the transition to a non-family member as CEO — a transition most multigenerational businesses eventually face. Onboarding the new CEO is one piece of this challenge. To help make the onboarding successful, use a... View Details
Keywords: Family Ownership; Management Succession; Transition
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  • 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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  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

and private venture funds. Corporate efforts lack the partnership-based organizational structure that many have identified as critical to the success of private equity funds. On the other hand, corporations are able to exploit... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • October 2021 (Revised October 2022)
  • Case

The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against the company for its opioid distribution practices that critics alleged had contributed to the nationwide... View Details
Keywords: Opioids; Drug; Investors; Shareholder Activism; Investment Activism; Executive Compensation; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Legal Liability; Distribution Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; West Virginia; Tennessee; Ohio; Pennsylvania
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  • 12 Mar 2018
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

Cecilie Arcurs BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s recent letter to all CEOs in the S&P 500 has reignited the never-ending debate of “shareholders versus stakeholders.” Titled “A Sense of Purpose,” Fink’s letter... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Banking
  • 24 Nov 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business

A good book on CEO succession is The CEO Within by my Harvard Business School colleague Joe Bower. Bower studied how companies perform after hiring a new CEO, noting whether... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang; Retail; Auto
  • August 15, 2014
  • Article

Can an Outside CEO Run a Family-Owned Business?

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
This article explores the intricate dynamics that often characterize family-owned businesses, shedding light on key archetypes that play prominent roles within these organizations. Using a narrative approach, the article illustrates the challenges faced by leaders... View Details
Keywords: Family Ownership; Personal Characteristics; Family and Family Relationships; Management Practices and Processes
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  • October 2024
  • Case

Sacoor Brothers: From Co-Family CEOs to No Family CEOs?

By: Lauren Cohen, David Ager and Alpana Thapar
Sacoor Brothers, a luxury clothing retail company, was founded in 1989 in Lisbon, Portugal, by four brothers—Malik, Salim, Rahimo, and Moez. After establishing a strong presence in Portugal, the brothers were drawn to the rapidly growing retail markets in the Middle... View Details
Keywords: Growth; Geographic Mobility; Family Office; Professionalization; Institutional Development; Second-generation; Third-generation; Family Business; Private Equity; Investment; Governance; Transition; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Market Entry and Exit; Family and Family Relationships; Expansion; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Middle East; United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Portugal; Jordan; Dubai
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My research examines CEO succession, top management teams, and corporate governance. View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Strategic Leadership; Leadership; Strategic Human Resource Management; CEO Succession; Top Management Teams; Corporate Governance; Organizational Change And Adaptation
  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

Reviewing a spectacular business failure, we often wonder why the CEO didn't see trouble coming. It was so obvious. Why didn't Digital Equipment Corp. CEO Kenneth Olsen see the PC as a threat to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology
  • July 2013
  • Article

Voice Pitch and the Labor Market Success of Male Chief Executive Officers

By: Christopher Parsons, W. Mayew and M. Venkatachalam
A deep voice is evolutionarily advantageous for males, but does it confer benefit in competition for leadership positions? We study ecologically valid speech from 792 male public-company Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and find that CEOs with deeper voices manage... View Details
Keywords: Success; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Management Teams
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  • 27 Jun 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Learning to Make the Move to CEO

You're a successful senior executive with 20, 25 years of experience under your belt. You've made your mark and stand just 1 or 2 rungs from the position of CEO. Now what? As faculty chair of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 14 Jan 2019
  • Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

healer for millions of people. The Servant Leader: Richard Davis Richard Davis started his career as a bank teller, and became the most successful commercial banker in America after US Bancorp named him CEO... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

At a recent gathering of chief executives in New York City, the CEOs of two companies shared pleasant dinner conversation. The first led a large, successful corporation; the second also served as a director... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment
  • 01 Oct 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

obvious that no real commitment was made by the board of directors.” The public sector bears some responsibility for fostering stakeholder capitalism. IndexLlc commented that “the real problem has been the inability and unwillingness of the public sector to rise to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • May 2025
  • Teaching Note

The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation

By: Tsedal Neeley
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 425-720. Florian Hillen, co-founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect dental conditions on x-rays, spent the early years of his company laying the groundwork for an AI factory. This AI factory,... View Details
Keywords: Diagnostics; Organization Design; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Health Care and Treatment; AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Success; Technology Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • 01 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

misguided optimism. In truth, it is deceptively difficult to predict ex-ante the success of any union. We’re reminded of this as the Super Bowl approaches: when it comes to predicting the success of a... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Managing Firms in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from the Time Use of Indian CEOs

By: Raffaella Sadun
The success or failure of a company is often ascribed to the behavior of its CEO. Yet little is known about what top managers actually do, whether this matters for firm performance, and why it differs across firms. We provide some answers by developing a new survey... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Performance; Outcome or Result; Management Teams; Manufacturing Industry; India
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