This is the first book to examine fully the inner dynamics of executives in top leadership positions.This empirical examination of the character of leaders covers areas such as personality, values and spirituality, and has been conducted through surveys and in depth interviews. The reader is...

This study examined the impact of complementary top management teams (defined as functional experience differences between the acquiring and acquired firms) on post-acqusition performance. Based on a sample of 147 acqusitions between 1986-88, we find that complementary backgrounds have a...