Joseph Bower

HKS Adjunct Faculty
Office Address
Non Resident
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox NR
79 JFK Street
Contact
Phone: 617-495-6282
Email: Joseph_Bower@ksg.harvard.edu
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Profile

Joseph Bower, Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration, is an expert on corporate strategy, organization, and leadership. He has devoted much of his teaching and research to challenges confronting corporate leaders in today’s rapidly changing hyper-competitive conditions. Bower’s  current research focuses on corporate value added—the contribution that corporate groups make to their operating divisions, as well as on the management of ceo succession. Between 1968 and 1973 he helped establish the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, Austria. In 1978, he founded the Program for Senior Mangers in Government at Harvard’s JFK School of Government; and in 1995 he founded the General Manger Program at Harvard Business School. He is the author or coauthor of more than a dozen books including The CEO Within: Why Inside-Outsiders Are The Key To Succession Planning; From Resource Allocation to Strategy (with C. Gilbert); When Markets Quake: The Management Challenge of Restructuring Industry;Managing the Resource Allocation Process. and The Two Faces of Management: An American Approach to Leadership in Business and Government. He is a director of Anika Therapeutics, Inc., Brown Shoe, Inc., Loews Corporation, New America High Income Fund, Sonesta International Hotels Corporation, and trustee of TH Lee, Putnam Emerging Opportunities Portfolio. He is a life trustee of the New England Conservatory of Music and trustee of the DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park. Bower  received AB , MBA, and  DBA from Harvard University.

 

Courses

Year

  • BGP-510Y HKS-HBS Joint Degree First- and Second- Year Seminar