A "corporate beauty contest" staged by Duke University researchers has revealed strong ties between appearance and success in the business world, highlighting that ambition, leadership and competence are not the only driving factors to become CEO. The study carried out by finance professors John Graham, Campbell Harvey and Manju Puri of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, paired photos of CEOs of large and small companies with photos of non-executives with similar facial features, hairstyles and clothing... 

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