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Fusing contingency theory and upper echelon theory for a new perspective on the critical juncture of family firm succession

, 2022
Drawing on contingency and upper echelon theories, this study conceptualizes family firm CEO succession as a special window of opportunity for the new generation to reinvent and rejuvenate the firm and restore the environment-organization fit that had ...
Hauer, Annegret, Steininger, Dennis M., Istipliler, Baris, Woywode, Michael, Ahrens, Jan-Philipp   +4 more
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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the grass greener on the other side? The role of Western directors strategy in Asian firms

Cogent Business & Management
Drawing on Upper Echelon Theory (UET), this study examines how Western directors in Asian-listed firms influence firm performance in Asian markets.
Saif Rehman, Alami Rachid, Abidi Naseem
doaj   +1 more source

From Capabilities to Competitive Greening: Managerial Commitment and Green Shared Vision as Serial Mediators in Energy‐Sector SMEs

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on dynamic capabilities view and upper echelons theory, this study shows how energy‐sector SMEs convert dynamic capabilities into green competitive advantage. We theorize that sensing–seizing–reconfiguring routines are associated with green competitive advantage only when top managers visibly prioritize environmental goals and foster a
Anna Chwiłkowska‐Kubala, Szymon Cyfert, Kamila Malewska, Michał Chomicki, Maciej Mitręga   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

CEO attributes, board independence, and real earnings management: Evidence from Nigeria

Cogent Business & Management, 2023
Motivated by agency conflicts of real earnings management and upper echelons in CEO demographic characteristics, this study examines the effect of CEO attributes on real earnings management and addresses the question of whether the presence of an ...
Auwalu Musa, Rohaida Abdul Latif, Jamaliah Abdul Majid   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unpacking ESG Controversies: A Proposed Integrated Framework of Organizational Frictions and Fallout From a Systematic Literature Review

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on ESG controversies has expanded rapidly, but findings remain fragmented and lack a unifying perspective. This study conducts a PRISMA‐guided, framework‐based systematic review of 68 empirical articles published between 2018 and 2025 (May) to synthesize the main determinants and consequences of ESG controversies.
Cristina Alexandrina Ştefănescu, Andra Larisa Suciu   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Moderating Role of CEO Characteristics in the Relationship between Financial Conditions and Corporate Debt Policy

Journal of Enterprise and Development
Purpose: This study investigates the influence of firm financial characteristics—reflecting asymmetric information—on corporate debt policy, while also examining the moderating role of CEO characteristics within the framework of upper echelon theory ...
Heriyanto Heriyanto, Novita Febriany, Mischella Engel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Driving metaverse adoption in the hospitality industry: An upper echelon perspective [PDF]

Purpose– This study, leveraging upper echelon theory, explores how past and future temporal focus of CEOs in the hospitality industry influence their intention to invest in metaverse technology and the underlying mechanism under boundary conditions of ...
Bhattacharya S, Vrontis D, Sakka G, Agnihotri A   +3 more
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Leading the Loop: Anchor‐Led Orchestration in Nascent Circular Ecosystems—A Qualitative Case Study

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition towards a circular economy necessitates coordinated, systemic change across value chains. Yet the role of anchor firms in initiating and orchestrating nascent circular ecosystems remains underexplored. Using an inductive, qualitative single‐case design, we analyse a German mid‐sized entrepreneurial firm, drawing on 21 interviews
Johann Felix Mader, Patrick Spieth
wiley   +1 more source

Board Gender Diversity and Eco‐Innovation: The Moderating Role of Organisational Environmental Orientation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate sustainability has become a strategic priority in response to growing regulatory, social and environmental pressures, placing greater emphasis on governance structures, such as board composition, that shape the incorporation of ethical and sustainable values into corporate decision‐making.
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez, Germán López‐Pérez, Elisabeth Zafra‐Gómez, José L. Zafra‐Gómez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source