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Overcoming Resistance to Diversity in the Executive Suite: Grease, Grit, and the Corporate Tournament [PDF]

, 2004
Once we open the corporate governance/human resources nexus to deeper inquiry, mutual scholarly interest in diversity and discrimination follows naturally.
Langevoort, Donald C.
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Constructed value of information with iterative scoring and parametric uncertainty to identify management‐relevant research priorities for a declining raptor species

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Constructed value of information (CVoI) is an expert elicitation decision‐analytic tool used to prioritize sources of uncertainty based on their potential to improve decision outcomes if resolved. Despite increased application of CVoI, the robustness of CVoI prioritization of sources of uncertainty relative to differences in expert elicitation
Kristin P. Davis, Mitchell J. Eaton, Emily R. Bjerre, Hillary M. White, Clint W. Boal, Jennifer H. Herner‐Thogmartin, Orin J. Robinson, Abigail J. Lawson   +7 more
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Improving the use of expert opinion in disease risk analysis for conservation translocations

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation translocations are subject to considerable uncertainty and risk, of which disease is one of the most recognized. To address disease risks, several protocols for qualitative disease risk analysis (qDRA) exist and are used for responsible conservation translocation planning.
John G. Ewen, Stefano Canessa, Caitlin E. Andrews, Katie M. Beckmann, Irene Bueno, Deidre K. Fontenot, Caio Kenup, Suzanne Medina, Axel Moehrenschlager, Francesco Origgi, Bruce Rideout, Anthony W. Sainsbury, Thierry M. Work, Claudia Carraro   +13 more
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CFO overconfidence, environmental violations, and firm performance. The moderating role of constituency statutes

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship between Chief Financial Officer (CFO) overconfidence and firm performance through the lens of environmental violations and constituency statutes. Drawing on stakeholder and upper echelons theories, we find that firms with overconfident CFOs are more likely to commit environmental violations, which ...
Panagiotis Andrikopoulos, Shee‐Yee Khoo, Patrycja Klusak, Yurtsev Uymaz, Huong Vu   +4 more
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The demographics of fund turnover [PDF]

This article documents various demographic factors which influence mutual fund turnover including managerial experience, location, education, and gender. On average, funds in financial centers trade more but this excess turnover declines with experience.
Christoffersen, Susan E. K., Sarkissian, Sergei   +1 more
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Does an optimistic tone in annual reports predict better financial and non‐financial performance?

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In the current paper, we investigate whether management adopts an optimistic disclosure tone to impress the corporate audience or to provide incremental information (II) by anticipating positive corporate performance. Specifically, we test whether an optimistic tone in annual reports (ARs) is a positive predictor of better financial and non ...
Francesco Gangi, Daniele Angelo Previati, Lucia Michela Daniele, Giuseppe Galloppo   +3 more
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The Effect of CEOs’ Characteristics on Forward-Looking Information [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose - This paper aims to examine the effect of CEOs’ characteristics on the level of FLI disclosure. Design/methodology/approach - The study uses a disclosure index to measure the level of FLI and employs random-effect and panel data regressions to
ASE, Grant Thornton, JSC, Rateb Alqatamin, Thankom Arun, Zakaria Ali Aribi   +5 more
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Government support, regional well‐being, and the pivots of UK SMEs during a crisis

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Pivoting—a substantive transformation of the established business model (e.g., reformulation of goods, services, processes, or organizational methods in a new or significantly improved manner)—has emerged as a crisis response strategy of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs).
Chau M. Chu, Bach Nguyen
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Sports CEOs and Corporate Innovation

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a hand‐collected data set, we find that firms led by CEOs who were student‐athletes in college exhibit significantly superior innovation outcomes, as measured by patent numbers, citation counts, and the economic value of patents. Evidence from CEO turnover analysis supports a CEO imprinting interpretation.
Jaideep Chowdhury, Carl F. Larsson, Weiwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overoptimism among entrepreneurs in new ventures: the role of information and motivation [PDF]

There are various reasons why some entrepreneurs may be more overoptimistic at the start of their ventures than others. We distinguish between four broad categories of determining factors and three areas of overoptimism (income, psychological burden and ...
Ingrid Verheul, Martin Carree
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