Strategic Leadership & Governance IG

Hill, Recendes, Anridge

We articulate how CEOs posses-sing certain psychological, behavioral, and social charac-teristics may unknowingly precipitate competitive attackson their firms. Our explanation integrates insights fromvictimology which explain how individuals are subject tomore…

Government’s Green Grip: State Influence on Corporate Environmental Actions in China

As China’s environmental awareness is growing, the country’s government is increasingly concerned with the question as to how it can improve the environmental performance of the firms it controls. Our…

Weiting Zheng on Buffering and Enabling: Political Ties in China

Several studies suggest that political ties help firms survive or perform but do not examine the boundary conditions concerning which types of firms and which type of ties help firms.…

Stefano Elia with Federico Caniato, Davide Luzzine, & Lucia Piscitello

This article deals with the performance implications of the governance mode (captive offshoring versus outsourcing) selected when companies offshore service activities, which is still quite controversial in the literature. After…

Saxton, Wesley, & Saxton on “Venture Advocates”

Founders of new ventures need to understand the factors that encourage others to give them the help they need for their new firms to survive and grow—what we call venture…

Open Call for Applicants to Join the SMS Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee

The Strategic Management Society seeks members to apply to serve on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee of the SMS Board of Directors. The DEI Committee will focus on…

Are Family Businesses Friendlier to Female Leadership?

Decades of entrepreneurship research has depicted women CEOs as poorer performers, citing statistics that female-led businesses have slower growth rates and lower profits. Many experts criticize this interpretation—arguing that growth…

When the chips are down, corporate boards disproportionately blame foreign CEOs according to new study

Immigrant representation in the C-suite is the new norm. Foreign-born CEOs currently lead several global corporations in the U.S., including Google, Microsoft, and Pepsi. In fact, almost 80% of America’s…

Are Foreign-Born CEOs Held to a Higher Standard?

CEO dismissals are often shrouded in secrecy, controversy, and confusion. And while a company’s profits constitute a fundamental measure of CEO success, poor financial performance can explain CEO firings only…

SMJ: Powerful Board Allies are a CEO’s Best Weapon

If we’ve learned anything from HBO’s smash hit Succession over the last four years, it’s that, as the authors of a new Strategic Management Journal article state, “Even the most powerful individuals do not…

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