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Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?

Harvard Business Review

After all, there’s a subtle difference in how these two disciplines train people to understand and manage risks: Legal training focuses on the downside of particular actions, while business training may emphasize the upsides for shareholder value from risk taking. First, we looked at the matching between firm types and CEOs.

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