Why do some leaders succeed while others fail? This question is important, but its complexity makes it hard to study systematically. We examine an industry in which there are well-defined objectives, small teams, and exact measures of leaders' characteristics. We show that a strong predictor of...

In this paper, we analyze the effect of market power on the share of females in top management positions using data from a market in which some firms have market power due to an institutionalized cartel. We investigate collegiate athletics and interpret coaches as top-level managers or chief...

Die Praxis der Trainingsarbeit (Arbeitsbedingungen) im Spannungsfeld zwischen den programmatischen Vorgaben von Lifelong Learning, Arbeitsmarktpolitik, betriebswirtschaftlichen Logiken und individueller Motivation stand im Mittelpunkt der Tagung 'Kompetenzen, Berufsfelder und Arbeitsbedingungen...