The Daily Stat: Insiders Make Better CEOs

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile FEBRUARY 2, 2010 Insiders Make Better CEOs Hiring a CEO from inside the company is a safer bet over the long term than bringing in an outsider, according to research by Anthea Zhang of Rice University and Nandini Rajagopalan of USC. But the insider's performance advantage doesn't show up for a few years, because it takes a while for a leader's initiatives to have an impact, the researchers found in their study of 193 industrial CEOs. Source: Rice University (PDF) Share Today's Stat: RELATED PRODUCT Picking the Right Insider for CEO Succession Harvard Business Review Article GlaxoSmithKline's radical process for choosing the best CEO candidate shows the benefit of running parallel evaluations of the finalists. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: LATEST POSTS Are You Fun to Follow on Twitter? Davos 2010: Millennium Development Goals and the Partnership of Business, Government, and Nonprofits Pink's Grammy Showstopper and the Creative Process Soothing the Customer's Itch Get the latest posts every morning! PREVIOUS STATS Day of Reckoning Looms for World's Big Borrowers The Worst Highway Bottleneck in the U.S.? Hundreds More U.S. Firms Likely to Default in Next Two Years Companies Get Blamed for People's Financial Situations U.S. Bank Earnings Likely to Continue Struggling Has the Upturn Already Begun? Current Travel Slump Marks a Big Shift Face Time Really Matters Clean Tech Takes Decades to Achieve Widespread Acceptance Business Leaders Are Out for Themselves, Americans Say HBR Online Trial Access HBR's in-depth business archives FREE for 14 days. Register today » UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2010 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 1-800-545-7685 (617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)