WP: The Challenge in Parting Ways With Top Executives

Professor Constance E. Helfat via Washington Post about the practice of forcing CEOs to leave their companies:

It's tough to pinpoint how many were forced out because many leave without explanation. But once in a while, a firm boots its chief executive in a very public way for practical reasons, said Constance E. Helfat, a corporate strategy professor at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business. "If a company is doing poorly, then disruption may be good because you need a clear signal that 'we're going to change,' " Helfat said.

Source: The Washington Post by Dina ElBoghdady April 24, 2006