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Michael Useem
Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 60
Citations - 4159
Michael Useem is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Corporate governance & Shareholder. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 58 publications receiving 4020 citations.
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The Inner Circle: Large Corporations and the Rise of Business Political Activity in the U.S. and U.K.
TL;DR: This paper provided a sophisticated and informative analysis of the "inner circle" of top American executives who played a leading role in the international corporate network by promoting a political environment favorable to all business.
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Investor Capitalism : How Money Managers Are Changing the Face of Corporate America
TL;DR: A behind-the-scenes look at today's kingmakers: institutional investors as discussed by the authors, who exert ever-greater control over corporate managers, firing CEOs and pushing through'restructurings' that cost thousands of jobs.
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Change at Work
TL;DR: Workers themselves now must take charge of their personal development instead of relying on their employers as mentioned in this paper, and their alienation from their firms is compounded by the large disparity between the pay of top managers and that of workers.
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Executive Defense: Shareholder Power and Corporate Reorganization
TL;DR: Useem as discussed by the authors shows that organizational changes have affected many areas of corporate life: headquarters staffs have been reduced, authority has filtered down to operating units, and compensation has become more closely tied to performance.
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The impact of corporate outsourcing on company value
David J. Bryce,Michael Useem +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of outsourcing on company value is evaluated and the emergent picture is not an unblemished one, as managers frequently complain about the downsides, some companies have retrieved what they had sourced out, failures can be seen here and there, and longterm potential consequences of outsourcing too much are yet to be seen.