Dr. Rakesh Khurana

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Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School and a professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He is a co-master of Cabot House at Harvard College and serves as the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. Khurana's academic work focuses on understanding the CEO labor market and the processes that govern organizational leadership. His research utilizes a sociological perspective to analyze the dynamics of CEO selection and succession, as well as the impact of these processes on firm performance. Khurana has published extensively in prominent academic journals and is noted for his books, including "Searching for a Corporate Savior: The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs" and "Higher Aims, Higher Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Management Profession." He is recognized as one of the most influential management thinkers globally and has received multiple awards for his contributions to scholarship and teaching. Khurana is actively involved in integrating leadership studies into business school curricula and has contributed to several significant publications in the field of management and organizational behavior.

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