Sydney Finkelstein
Sydney Finkelstein | |
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| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Author, management consultant |
Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management[1] and faculty director of the Tuck Executive Program (TEP) at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He is also the faculty director of the Center for Leadership at Tuck. His specialty is business leadership and strategy.
Finkelstein earned a B.Comm degree from Concordia University in 1980 and later an M.Sc. at the London School of Economics followed by a Ph.D. in Management of Organizations from Columbia University in 1988. He taught at Concordia University and the University of Southern California. He was named a Fellow of the Academy of Management in 2007,[2] and also contributes to BBC.com[3] and Forbes.[4]
Books and articles
Finkelstein has published 20 books and 79 articles. He has edited the series Advances in mergers and acquisitions. (Emerald Press).
Academic books
- Sydney Finkelstein, Donald C Hambrick, Albert A Cannella; Strategic leadership: theory and research on executives, top management teams, and boards; New York; Oxford University Press; 2009. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 542 libraries[5]
- Sydney Finkelstein, Donald C Hambrick; Strategic leadership: top executives and their effects on organizations; Minneapolis/St. Paul; West Pub. Co.; 1996.
Popular books
- Sydney Finkelstein; Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent; New York, Portfolio/Penguin; 2016.
- Sydney Finkelstein; Why Smart Executives Fail; New York; Portfolio; 2003. The book is based on a six-year study of 51 companies and 200 interviews of business leaders.
- Translated into French as Quand les grands patrons se plantent
- Translated into Japanese as 名経営者が、なぜ失敗するのか? / Meikeieisha ga naze shippaisurunoka
- Translated into Catalan as Ejecutivos inteligentes: conozca sus errores y aprenda de ellos
- Translated into Thai as บทเรียนล้ำค่าจากความล้มเหลว
- Translated into Spanish as Por qué fracasan los ejecutivos brillantes y lo que usted puede aprender de sus errores
- Translated into Italian as Perché i bravi manager sbagliano e che cosa possiamo imparare dai loro errori
- Also published in Lithuanian, Russian, Indonesian, Portuguese, Complex Chinese (Taiwan), and Korean
- Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, Andrew Campbell; Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happening to You; Boston, MA; Harvard Business Press; 2009. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 424 libraries[6]
- Translated into Chinese as 避開錯誤決策的4個陷阱!
- Also published in Korean, Portuguese, and Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
- Sydney Finkelstein, Charles Harvey, Thomas C Lawton; Breakout strategy: meeting the challenge of double-digit growth; New York; McGraw-Hill; 2007
- Translated into Japanese as ブレイクアウトストラテジー : 2ケタ成長企業の戦略
References
- ^ James Nelson (2005). "THOUGHT LEADERSHIP ; Sydney Finkelstein - Lifting the darkness around leadership failures". New Zealand Management. Mediaweb Ltd. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Sydney Finkelstein at BBC.com".
- ^ "Sydney Finkelstein at Forbes".
- ^ WorldCat book entry
- ^ WorldCat book entry
