Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

• CEOs with an Ivy League undergraduate degree are more likely to appear on the cover of important U.S. business magazines. • Among such celebrated CEOs, Ivy League graduates led firms with better performance at the time of their cover story. • Compared to other CEOs on the cover of business magazines, Ivy League CEOs were more likely to sustain their company’s good performance afterward.

Publication Date

2015

Source

Miller, D., Xu, X., & Mehrotra, V. (2015). When is human capital a valuable resource? The performance effects of Ivy League selection among celebrated CEOs. Strategic Management Journal, In Press.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

© 2015, University of South Carolina

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Business Commons

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