Executive Summary
The overarching goal of most business schools is to train future leaders to lead. But it’s an open question as to how well schools meet this goal, and to what extent what their teaching influences their students’ leadership. Does business school education really shape students’ minds and behaviors many years later, when they’ve reached key decision-making positions at major corporations and financial institutions? Researchers explore this question by looking at CEOs’ decisions about corporate diversification over the last three decades. They found…
