Governance & Leadership

SMJ Video Abstract | The relationship between employee approval and CEO dismissal

 

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Incoming CEO’s Political Views May Drive Director Departure in a Firm, New Study Shows

Voicing one’s political view is no longer a taboo. People’s political ideologies pervade almost every aspect of their lives. For example, researchers have identified that people choose to associate with…

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Charismatic CEOs Lead to Higher IPO Prices

In sales, you’re often selling yourself as much as you’re selling the product — and new research published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal suggests the same holds true for IPOs.…

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New Study Describes How Employee Opinion Impacts CEO Dismissal

Corporate governance decisions, like CEO dismissal, can disrupt organizations. As a result, the board of directors treads with caution while making such decisions. Previous research suggests that boards rely on…

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The Benefits of a Machiavellian CEO

By J Katherine Bahr CEOs have long been criticized for their tendency toward the dark triad of personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Ample research shows that dark triad traits endanger…

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Narcissism Harms Inter-Unit Knowledge Transfer

High inter-unit competition worsens the situation as narcissistic executives are concerned with their sense of superiority and uniqueness; however, high environmental complexity or dynamism can combat such negative effects as…

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How Should Top Management Teams be Structured?

Read this post and learn: Three reasons for top management team (TMT) structure development: instrumental, institutional, and instructionalist The interplay of formal and informal structures: competing vs. complementary dynamics It…

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From proprietary to collective governance

As firms consider transitioning proprietary products to more open platforms to grow market share and relevance, we suggest that managers consider the concerns of external participants when designing a system…

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Time and Space in Strategy Discourse: Implications for Intertemporal Choice

Executives often prioritize maximizing immediate returns over investing to build a long‐term competitive advantage. How they think about the future offers one explanation for this short‐termism. This article distinguishes two…

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How media coverage of corporate social irresponsibility increases financial risk

This article examines the effect of negative news on financial risk. It shows that negative media articles regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG ) issues increase a firm’s credit risk.…

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