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Strategic Implications of Board Interlocks: A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

open access: yesCorporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Board interlocks, stemming from directors' concurrent board appointments, have been viewed as a double‐edged sword that can generate both positive and negative effects, hinging on strategic outcomes and a multitude of contextual variables.
Joyce C. Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Power of Political Leaders: Evidence From Central Leaders' Local Tours in China

open access: yesThe Developing Economies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Do political leaders play a role in shaping economic outcomes? Can we quantify and compare the economic influence of contemporary political leaders? This paper examines the economic impact of autocratic leadership through the lens of firm visits in China, offering a unique empirical strategy to assess their influence.
Asei Ito, Jaehwan Lim, Hongyong Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Leverage Adjustments, Executive Incentives, and the Market Valuation of Acquisitions Under State Capitalism: Evidence From China

open access: yesEconomics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how state ownership and CEO financial incentives jointly condition the market valuation of acquisition‐related leverage adjustments in 2251 completed M&A deals by Chinese A‐share listed acquirers (2013–2023). Acquirers draw on spare financing capacity at deal completion, with larger leverage increases among underleveraged firms.
Chun I. Lin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CFO overconfidence, environmental violations, and firm performance. The moderating role of constituency statutes

open access: yesEuropean 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Start(up) with purpose: How goal‐ and duty‐based purpose drive work engagement and performance in startups

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although organizational purpose (OP) has recently gained attention in entrepreneurship research, its motivational potential in startups remains underexplored, limiting the development of effective purpose‐driven strategies to enhance employee work engagement (WE) and startup performance.
Julien A. Nussbaum   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rich Dad Poor Dad? CEO Private School Background and Firm Risk

open access: yesEuropean Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the effect of CEO childhood socioeconomic status (SES) on firm risk. Using hand‐collected data on US CEOs' private high‐school attendance as proxy for high‐SES, we find that firms led by high‐SES CEOs exhibit 5.35% lower firm risk. This effect diminishes with CEO tenure, analyst coverage, and institutional ownership, consistent with
Yifei Bi, Christos Mavrovitis, Chen Yang
wiley   +1 more source

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