Education

BComm, Concordia University, 1980; MSc, London School of Economics, 1981; PhD, Columbia University, 1988. At Tuck since 1993.

Areas of Expertise

Strategic leadership, general management, top management teams, corporate crises and mistakes, and managing mergers and acquisitions.

Consulting/ Executive Education

In addition to his work at Tuck, Professor Finkelstein has taught executive education at Northwestern University, Duke University, Bocconi School of Management, London Business School, Australian Graduate School of Management, and the Helsinki School of Economics. He has participated in numerous CEO forums, been interviewed and had his work appear in numerous leading media outlets, and served as a consultant and speaker for major companies in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Mexico, including Aetna, American Express, BASF, Boeing, Deloitte & Touche, Deutsche Bank, Enhance Financial Services, Entergy, Flemings, General Electric, Glaxo, Hasbro, Lafarge, Mayo Clinic, McKinsey, Monsanto, the National Association of Credit Management, Omax de Mexico, Onninen Oy, Price Waterhouse, Prudential, Raytheon, Roche, Tasman Pulp & Paper, UPM-Kymmene, and Wyeth. He has taught in executive development programs in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Awards

Ascendant Scholar, Western Academy of Management, 1993; Citations of Excellence, ANBAR Management Intelligence, 1997, 1998; Academy of Management Executive Best Article of the Year, 1997; finalist for the A.T. Kearney award for the best research in strategic management, 1988; Honorable Mention, McKinsey & Company Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper, 2002; finalist for the Academy of Management Executive Best Paper Award, 2004.

Publications

Professor Finkelstein's work has been published in the Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, and Organizational Dynamics. His book Strategic Leadership: Top Executives and Their Effects on Organizations (West Publishing, 1996) is considered the definitive work on the subject of strategic leadership and management of mergers and acquisitions. His book Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn From Their Mistakes (Penguin Putnam, 2003) has been a #1 bestseller on Amazon.com and translated into 11 different languages.

Background

Prior to joining the Tuck faculty, Professor Finkelstein was on the faculty at the graduate school of business administration at the University of Southern California.