Explore how top executives move and evolve in big U.S. manufacturing firms.
This study tracks the rise and fall of finance chiefs from 1981–1992, showing how leadership shifts reshaped corporate power.
In clear, evidence-based analysis, the book connects shifting industry contexts, firm structures, and internal politics to who sits at the top. It presents a multilevel view of elite circulation and explains why finance leaders lost dominance to production, operations, and other backgrounds.
- See how CEO backgrounds changed over time and why that mattered for corporate control.
- Understand the role of mergers, divestitures, and organizational structure in leadership choices.
- Learn how sector and firm history conditioned the ascent or decline of finance executives.
- Discover the concept of elite circulation and its implications for management theory.
Ideal for readers of organizational theory and corporate history who want a data-driven picture of leadership dynamics in the 1980s and early 1990s.