When a company’s development is driven primarily by industry-wide expansion rather than a company’s innovation and operational excellence, you can be certain that the business will experience its share of growing pains.
To many, entrepreneurship calls to mind the path-breaking motivation envisioned by Schumpeter’s “creative destruction.” But much of entrepreneurship — and much of what we can teach in business school — is more akin to “nondestructive creation.”
What could be a better basis for determining your firm’s degree of customer orientation than the behavior of your CEO?
How cultural differences between Japan and the United States affect the way leaders are perceived when accidents strike.
Regardless of their attitude — risk-averse vs. risk-seeking — people often make decisions based on an inaccurate perception of risk. Elke Weber explains how psychological and cultural factors shape risk perception.
Professor John Donaldson remembers Pandit as a PhD student here at CBS.
This year, the Class of 2008 not only became the first class in the history of CBS to pledge an unrestricted gift, but also attained a never-before-seen participation rate: 95 percent.
Giving shareholders a say may not have as much impact on executive compensation as investors would like.
In December, financial behemoth Citigroup named Vikram Pandit, PhD ’86, chief executive officer—a big job any time, but a particularly challenging one for the embattled firm, buffeted by credit woes.
It’s a sobering message for teachers such as myself: students learn much more than the facts from us.
The answer to the question of who will win the election may lie partly in whether voters are looking for honesty or competence. And one clue to how candidates are perceived is the shape of their face.
Jonathan Knee wants to bring back the traditional values of investment banking's early days -- before junk bonds, LBO funds and the Internet bubble changed everything.
Class reunions have a way of getting you thinking. My 10th CBS reunion sure did.
Dear Professor Feiner: As my career has progressed, the number of emails I get has increased exponentially, and I’m having trouble getting to all of them. Any tips on how to manage this?
The core leaders that I have at many levels in the system are not people who came from the education schools — they’re people who came from the business schools, and from the business sector. That causes me a lot of political heat, but that’s just fine.
Should a single day’s work be worth $200,000? New research from Professor Maria Guadalupe finds links between high pay and high performance for chief executives.
The ability to see change before it happens — or to imagine change and create it — can result in billions of dollars. Can it be taught?
New research suggests that high-priced talent at the top may be justified in a globalized world.
When you demonstrate principled leadership, amazing things will happen in your organizations.
On March 21 I flew to Omaha — along with 150 of my classmates — to meet Warren Buffett, MS ’51, a man I have admired (some friends would say fanatically idolized) for close to 15 years.
In general, CEOs related to a founder or large shareholder of a corporation underperform their peers, but some heirs make effective leaders. Is nepotism always harmful or can it be strategically advantageous?
What is the best way to teach students to handle tough, real-world decisions?
In his new book, Bill Duggan reveals how to cultivate strategic intuition to drive innovation, solve problems and capitalize on unforeseen opportunities.
Why strong displays of emotion — even negative ones like anger — can be good for organizations.
Why do business relationships take longer to establish in China than in the United States? New research explores key differences between the American and Chinese approaches to building networks.
It’s a striking claim: by giving money away, we make ourselves better off. Can this be true?
Napoleon, Buddha, Bill Gates — what makes them all great? According to a new book by Professor Bill Duggan, extraordinary achievements begin with something known as “strategic intuition.”
Museum directors are facing increasing pressure to better negotiate nonart subjects such as donations, budgets, construction and attendance.
Human beings are incredibly good at coming up with rationalizations for doing that which is expedient.
An innovative experiment shows how we try -- with varying degrees of success -- to meet new people.
Leaders and entrepreneurs with strong values are the ones who tend to have the greatest success in the marketplace over long periods of time.
After conducting a survey of very large corporations around the world, I discovered that a standard of best practices for employing risk management within a governance structure does not yet exist.
Along with the common belief that bad apples are at the root of much corporate trouble is the idea that we can — and should — spot them in advance. The problem with this bad-apple story is that it’s almost entirely wrong.
The idea that an ethical business must simply follow the law and provide the highest returns to their shareholders while doing so is dying a long-overdue death.
Sirius Radio CEO Mel Karmazin describes his early days with CBS Radio and how he went from taxi driver’ son to media industry legend.
In his new book, Eric Abrahamson lambastes our profit-devouring, time-wasting obsession with order and revels in having achieved an optimal state of messiness.
A company is in trouble, but investors aren't jumping ship. What explains their faith in an imminent turnaround? A study of investor behavior gauges the impact of charismatic leadership on external support for an organization.
Last week, Rajat Gupta outlined six key personal-leadership principles for the CBS community. Can you envision truly putting these into practice in your own life?
New research examines which behavioral impressions are more and less susceptible to change and finds that a few bad impressions can quickly undermine all the good ones that have come before — a harsh reality for leaders and managers who are under constant scrutiny.
Tory Higgins explains how different systems of motivation â?? promotion versus prevention â?? influence the way people make decisions and the intensity with which they pursue their goals.
The day after completing my application to CBS, I purchased a world map and a box of thumbtacks and began charting my trip: a 15-week journey to some major cities around the world. I was hoping for the adventure of a lifetime.
A founder's departure can have a positive, negative or neutral effect on organizational performance. New research helps to predict the impact of founder succession on a particular organization.
Avon CEO Andrea Jung delivered the keynote address, emphasizing the importance of passion, humility, balance and social responsibility. Read more...
BusinessWeek online showcased a unique speed-networking event hosted by the School’s Executive MBA Program. Read more...
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