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Wall Street Journal Do CEOs of Family-Owned Businesses Work Less?

neural2016-12-28T19:59:49+00:00March 5th, 2014|Comments Off on Wall Street Journal Do CEOs of Family-Owned Businesses Work Less?

What's the difference between a family firm and a regular business? According to one new study, an empty corner office. Professors at Harvard Business School, the London School of Economics and Columbia University's business school [...]

Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

neural2016-12-28T19:59:30+00:00January 27th, 2014|Comments Off on Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

Two years ago, the World Management Survey on organizational leadership reported that firms led by family CEOs (managers related to the family owning the business) are often managed badly, particularly those where a first-born son [...]

Ideas for India What do Indian CEOs do?

neural2016-12-28T20:39:27+00:00March 15th, 2013|Comments Off on Ideas for India What do Indian CEOs do?

While the Indian manufacturing sector has experienced rapid growth since the early 1990s, it is characterised by large productivity differences across firms and presence of several low productivity firms that use poor managerial practices. This [...]

NEWS AND SHORT PIECES

The Wall Street Journal In Defense of the CEO

Chauffeur-driven limousines, millions in stock options, golden parachutes. It's no wonder bosses' pay and perks can rankle. Here's why the best ones are worth it. Full article is available on the Wall Street Journal website.

The Org Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan

Executive Time Use discussed in The Org by Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan. Further details of the book.

Business Insider
What The Most Successful CEOs Know About Time Management

The most successful CEOs have killer time management skills. A real understanding of how to prioritize and delegate is what separates CEOs of global companies from the rest, according to new research by Columbia University's [...]

Financial Times
How do highly paid chief executives fill their working hours?

Academic and author, Tom Lloyd, begins a short series of articles that seek to unravel the mysteries of "reaching the top". One reason people object so strongly to executive pay packets is that they are [...]

The Wall Street Journal
Where’s the Boss? Trapped in a Meeting

What do chief executives do all day? It really is what it seems: They spend about a third of their work time in meetings. That is one of the central findings of a team of [...]