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Spotlight on the Corporate Apex: Investigating Corporate CEOs and Their Corporate-Level Impact
Type
fundamental research project
Start Date
01 October 2013
End Date
30 September 2016
Status
ongoing
Keywords
Corporate CEO
corporate strategy
upper echelons
CEO succession
execu-tive turnover
corporate change
corporate headquarters
Description
With the rise of the modern corporation, corporate CEOs and how they manage the overall firm have become crucial concerns in management research and management practice. In such corporations - multi-business and multi-national companies -, it is mainly through the corporate headquarters (CHQ) that the corporate CEO manages the overall firm. For the purpose of this research project, these two aspects are referred to as the corporate apex .
Although a substantial body of knowledge on the CEO as well as on the CHQ has ac-cumulated with studies contributing to various management domains, including strategy, organization, and international management research, our knowledge falls short in two ways: (1) research on the CEO and work on the CHQ have largely developed on separate tracks and (2) essential pillars of the existing knowledge in both domains have dramatically changed.
Aiming to address these shortcomings, I examine the relationships between corporate CEOs and how the CHQ manages the overall firm. The overall objective of this research program is to launch and carry out new research projects to link the two aspects of the corporate apex. The research program is comprised of four self-contained but interrelated studies - a conceptual/review study and three empirical studies - which rely on different theoretical approaches. Overall, the research program aims at contributing to the corporate strategy and governance research.
Although a substantial body of knowledge on the CEO as well as on the CHQ has ac-cumulated with studies contributing to various management domains, including strategy, organization, and international management research, our knowledge falls short in two ways: (1) research on the CEO and work on the CHQ have largely developed on separate tracks and (2) essential pillars of the existing knowledge in both domains have dramatically changed.
Aiming to address these shortcomings, I examine the relationships between corporate CEOs and how the CHQ manages the overall firm. The overall objective of this research program is to launch and carry out new research projects to link the two aspects of the corporate apex. The research program is comprised of four self-contained but interrelated studies - a conceptual/review study and three empirical studies - which rely on different theoretical approaches. Overall, the research program aims at contributing to the corporate strategy and governance research.
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Topic(s)
Corporate CEO
corporate strategy
upper echelons
CEO succession
execu-tive turnover
corporate change
corporate headquarters
Method(s)
Empirical research
Range
Institute/School
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Institut/School
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Eprints ID
231469
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PublicationThree Traps Facing New Corporate Center Executives : What Companies Should Consider When Hiring for Corporate RolesWhat kind of managerial experiences best prepare executives for a corporate center role? For today's large, multidivisional corporations, this question is fundamental. Most firms assume that experience with managing a profit-oriented unit in one or more of the firm's core businesses is vital for success in a corporate center role. This assumption leads many large firms to seek executive candidates with proven track records in at least one of the firm's business divisions. Although such experience clearly has many benefits, it also imposes some risks that companies should consider. In our years of studying and consulting corporate executives, we have identified several signs of mistakes commonly made by executives with prior business experience when they take on corporate center roles. We look at three common traps and introduce three ways for hiring companies to mitigating those risks. [http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=5211 Link to article]Type: journal articleJournal: The European Business ReviewVolume: 2014Issue: Sep-Oct