Research summary: Does the degree to which founders keep control of their startups affect
company value? I argue that founders face a “control dilemma” in which a startup's resource …

In the last few decades, we have developed a substantial body of knowledge about CEO
succession. However, except for some studies of family businesses that lack direct applicability …

Consider: To make a lot of money from a new venture, you need financial resources to
capitalize on the opportunities before you. That means attracting investors—which requires …

Research Summary Studying the organizational design of entrepreneurial ventures involves
investigating how entrepreneurs design the (formal) structure of their ventures as well as …

… Drawing on a decade of research, Noam Wasserman reveals the common pitfalls founders
… Wasserman explains how to anticipate, avoid, or recover from disastrous mistakes that can …

We examine the trade-off between efficiency and equality within the context of entrepreneurial
founding teams. Using a formal theory where founders may have preferences over …

Agency theory suggests that the interests of opportunistic, self-interested agents conflict with
those of principals. Stewardship theory suggests instead that executives' interests are …

Does it matter who the CEO of a firm is? This simple question has received rather different
answers in the literature on leadership.“Conventional” management theorists, to use Thomas’…

… and tim Westergren of pandora, noam Wasserman reveals the common pitfalls founders face
… “Wasserman’s book is on track to take as lofty a position in the entrepreneurial literature as …

The strategy-structure-performance (SSP) paradigm has developed a central role within
strategy research. However, recent critiques of the paradigm have called for research that uses …