Sydney Finkelstein states that although most large firms have many officers, typically only a smaller subset are most responsible for setting policy (Thompson, 1967). It is this inner circle, or dominant coalition, that is the focus of this paper.
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Top Management Team Tenure and Organizational Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Managerial Discretion
Drawing on an upper echelons framework, and modeling managerial discretion as a moderating variable, this study by Sydney Finkelstein and Donald Hambrick examined the relationship between-managerial tenure and such organizational outcomes as strategic persistence, strategic conformity and performance conformity.
Chief Executive Compensation: A Study of the Intersection of Markets and
A model of the determinants of chief executive (CEO) compensation is presented and tested by Sidney Finkelstein and Donald C. Hambrick.