This is an interesting research by Herminia Ibarra and Morten Hansen published in HBR on 20th Jan 2010. The insights Ibarra and Hansen provided are pretty much related to the age factor and entry to the executiveship. The research had concluded that CEO’s with MBAs are stronger, if they become CEO’s before year 2000 and were younger than 50 yrs old....

Whatever the headlines predict these days, there may still be good news for entrepreneurs. Many successful products, services, and pivotal ideas have been launched during an economic lull, according to Bhaskar Chakravorti, a senior lecturer of business administration at Harvard Business School, citing the examples of Motorola, Southwest Airlines, Revlon cosmetics,...