Research and Faculty

Andrew Campbell

BA, MA, MBA

Andrew Campbell is a Director of the London based Ashridge Strategic Management Centre, which was formed in 1987 to research issues concerned with the management of multi-business companies. Andrew's work includes directing research projects, running management programmes and consulting to client companies. He is co-programme director of Group Level Strategy, Strategic Decisions and Making Successful Acquisitions.

Before joining Ashridge, Andrew was a Fellow of the Centre for Business Strategy at London Business School. Prior to that, he spent six years with McKinsey & Co in Los Angeles and London. Andrew has authored 10 books based on his research and has also published numerous articles including six with the Harvard Business Review. His latest, Think Again - Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happening to You, is co-authored with Sydney Finkelstein and Jo Whitehead (Harvard Business Press, 2009). Andrew did an MA at Edinburgh and an MBA at Harvard, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar and Harkness Fellow.

You can see Andrew Campbell's professional website for details of publications, research, speeches, consulting and teaching here:

http://www.andrewcampbell.150m.com

Andrew's publications

2010
Campbell, A. & Whitehead, J. (2010) How to test your decision-making instincts, McKinsey Quarterly, May Available from McKinsey http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/How_to_test_your_decision-making_instincts_2598
2009
Campbell, A. & Whitehead, J. (2009) Bank chiefs should have included safety checks in decision process: Companies need to flag up the risk of misjudgements, The Times, February 10
2009
Finkelstein, S., Whitehead, J. & Campbell, A. (2009) How emotional tagging can push leaders to make bad decisions, Ivey Business Journal, January/February
2009
Finkelstein, S., Whitehead, J. & Campbell, A. (2009) How inappropriate attachments can drive good leaders to make bad decisions, Organizational Dynamics (USA), Vol. 38, No. 2, April - June Full text is available from Emerald Management Review http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Review&contentId=1804223
2009
Finkelstein, S., Whitehead, J. & Campbell, A. (2009) , Make Better Decisions, Management Today, February
2009
Campbell, A. (2009) Nothing beats old fashioned strategy, letter in the Financial Times, 8 April
2009
Campbell, A. & Sinclair, A. (2009) The crisis: Mobilizing boards for change, The McKinsey Quarterly, February To meet the challenges of the economic crisis, corporate boards must change the way they work. View the article on line at the McKinsey Quarterly web site.
2009
Finkelstein, S. Whitehead, J. & Campbell, A. (2009) The illusion of smart decision making: the past is not prologue, Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 30, Issue 6, pp. 36 - 43
2009
Download Think again - how good leaders can avoid bad decisions
Campbell, A. & Whitehead, J. (2009) Think again - how good leaders can avoid bad decisions, 360° The Ashridge Journal, Spring, pp. 6 - 11
2009
Finkelstein, S., Whitehead, J. & Campbell, A. (2009) Think again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it From Happening to You, Harvard Business School Press, ISBN 978 1422126127
2009
Campbell, A., Whitehead, J. & Finkelstein S, (2009) Why good leaders make bad decisions, Harvard Business Review, February
2008
Sadtler, D., Smith, D., Campbell, A. (2008) Smarter Acquisitions: Ten steps to successful deals Prentice Hall Financial Times, ISBN 978 0 273 71543 6
2008
Download The economic impact of private equity
Campbell, A. & Campbell, D. (2008) The economic impact of private equity, 360° The Ashridge Journal, Spring, pp. 17 - 21
2007
Campbell, A. (2007) Corporate Strategy: Getting Value from M&A, CEO Today, October
2007
Download How Well-Run Boards Make Decisions
Campbell, A. (2007) How Well-Run Boards Make Decisions, Harvard Business Review, April, pp. 134 - 135
2007
Download Nardelli pay-off - stop your bleating and second-guessing
Campbell, A. (2007) Nardelli pay-off - stop your bleating and second guessing, Financial Times, 10 January, p.16
2007
Download Organising for new growth
Campbell, A. (2007) Organising for new growth, 360° The Ashridge Journal, Spring, pp.18 - 23
2007
Campbell, A. (2007) Organising for new growth, The Economist Intelligence Unit Executive Briefing Site, http://www.viewswire.com/search.asp?action=quick&mode=quick&sService=eb&sText=ashridge&sServiceId=965257896
2007
Download What do we know about group level strategy?
Campbell, A. (2007) What do we know about group level strategy?, April, updated article.
2006
Download A tough choice: to split up or to stay together
Campbell, A. (2006) A tough choice: to split up or to stay together, Financial Times, Business Life Summer School: Day Eight, August, p. 12
2006
Download Acquisition Essentials
Campbell, A. (2006) Acquisition Essentials, Foreword, Prentice Hall Financial Times, by Denzil Rankine & Peter Howson
2006
Download Aim low for High Returns
Campbell, A. (2006) Aim low for High Returns, Financial Times, Mastering Financial Managements/The Attractions of Low Growth, 2 June
2006
Download Designing Effective Organisations 2006
Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2006) Designing Effective Organisations, Corporate Research Forum, London, February
2006
Download Questioning Authority
Campbell, A. (2006) Questioning Authority, Across the Board, pp. 21 - 22, January/February
2006
Download The contents of an organisation review
Campbell, A. (2006) The contents of an organisation review, Organisation Planning Review Conference, 25 January
2006
Download The Growth Dilemma
Campbell, A. (2006) The Growth Dilemma, The Leadership Retreat,Sonoma, California, 23 March
2006
Goold, M. & Campbell, A. (2006) The size of corporate headquarters, European Council on Corporate Strategy, London
2006
Download Why in-house collaboration is so difficult
Campbell, A. (2006) Why in-house collaboration is so difficult, Financial Times, Monday 13 February, p 14
2005
Download Can GE Really Keep Growing
Campbell, A. (2005) Can GE Really Keep Growing, The Week in Review, The Deal, October
2005
Download Discovering Significant and Viable New Businesses: Have Faith in Strategic Planning Basics
Campbell, A. (2005) Discovering Significant and Viable New Businesses: Have Faith in Strategic Planning Basics, Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 33, No. 1
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