How Evolving C-Suite Structures Affect Performance

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: Harvard Business School    INSEAD    MIT Sloan School of Management   

What do we know about the structure of a typical C-Suite? Most corporations are run by one, but the formation of them and the roles that comprise the C-Suite have…

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What Do CEOs Actually Do?

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: London School of Economics    European University Institute    Columbia Business School    Harvard Business School   

In this idea, faculty from the London School of Economics, the European University Institute, Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School set out to uncover the mystery of what CEOs…

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How Private Equity Can Boost Company Performance

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: HEC Paris   

Private equity investment, which has grown exponentially in Europe in the past decade, is more than a source of financing for enterprises, its presence in the capital of a company…

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To Centralize or Not to Centralize?

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School    University of St. Gallen   

Are the gains of centralization (i.e. combining business activities) worth the pain it can cause? This is the dilemma, or the “tug of war” between centralization and decentralization faced by…

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Why Do CEOs Fail? How the Mighty Are Fallen

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School    Carlos III University of Madrid   

What are the patterns and signs that relate to how failure at the C-Suite level can be prevented? Well, there is no consensus as to what constitutes ‘failure’, but nevertheless…

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Creating a High Integrity Corporate Culture

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: INSEAD   

Any one of us can fall prey to ethical fading or cognitive bias and any one of us can make an inappropriate decision without realizing. These are not the sole…

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Charisma or Miasma: Seduced by the Charismatic

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: University of Florida   

Charismatic CEOs tend to earn more total compensation than their industry peers with less charisma.  Are these more charismatic CEOs are actually worth the money? Let us look at the…

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