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Framework in Question: Great management leadership is predictive of superior firm performance.  (i.e. ‘bet on the jockey, not the horse’)

Framework Background: Venture capitalists and angel investors cited the “quality of the management team” as a top indicator of likely startup success in a 2009 poll.  Indeed, few people would prefer bad, dysfunctional teams to good, effective teams.  There are numerous empirical studies supporting the view that good leadership can, indeed, make a positive difference in company performance.  But is it predictive? More