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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"CEO tenure"”.
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Corporate Governance and Firm Efficiency in The Long-Term Insurance Market in South Africa
… size, board independence, audit committee size, CEO tenure and audit independence, while controlling for firm size, reinsurance usage and leverage. The findings indicate that long-term insurers in South Africa operated at approximately 21% of their optimal capacity which suggests high levels of …
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Corporate Governance, Performance and Risk-Taking in the U.S. Banking Industry
… include are board size, proportion of outsiders, CEO power, CEO tenure and board tenure. We find that a large board enhances bank performance, as proxied by Tobin’s Q and loan quality variables. We find no evidence that board structure or CEO power influences firm performance. We see that CEO and …
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An Examination of the Influence of Top Executives on Entrepreneurial Orientation
… <p>Essay 2 examines the relationship between CEO tenure and entrepreneurial orientation within family and non-family firms. This essay adds to the knowledge base pertaining to EO by examining how CEO tenure is related to EO. Furthermore, it is expected that this relationship will be moderated …
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Exploring the Divergent Social Dimensions of CEO Narcissism on Internal Firm Outcomes
… the firm. Then, I shift the conceptual focus of CEO narcissism research from the CEO as an agentic decision-maker seeking external praise for firm consequences to an implicit social strategist who prioritizes short-term interpersonal interactions in service of narcissistic supply. I examine four …
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Essays On CEO Turnover, Succession, And Compensation
This dissertation is a series of study on CEO turnover, succession, and compensation, which consists of three essays. In essay 1, I investigate how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) affects CEO tenure and the characteristics of CEO turnover. I do not find a significant relation between financial …
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Three Essays on Sustainable Finance and Behavioral Insights: Exploring Sustainability, Inclusion, and Decision-Making Dynamics
… concerns. The second paper investigates how a CEO’s birth order impacts corporate risk-taking behaviour. Using data from Chinese firms listed on U.S. exchanges, this study demonstrates that later-born CEOs are more inclined to engage in risk-taking through increased capital expenditure, R&D, …
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Corporate governance and financial performance of long-term insurance companies in South Africa
… board independence, audit committee size and CEO tenure as proxies for corporate governance while controlling for firm size, reinsurance usage and leverage. The proxies used for financial performance were underwriting profits, return on assets (ROA) and returns on equity (ROE). The findings …
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An Investigation of the Impact of Corporate Governance on Decision to Expense Employee Stock Options
… of independent directors on the board, CEO/board chairman split, and tenure of independent directors), board expertise (governance expertise and financial expertise), board diligence, board ownership, board size, CEO tenure, and internal blockholders (cumulative ownership percentage of …
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EXPOSURE TO DOWNSIZING: A LONGITUDINAL EXAMINATION OF CHANGE IN COLLECTIVE TRUST
… severity of downsizing, voluntary turnover, and CEO pay moderate the relationship between downsizing and collective trust by magnifying the negative relationship between downsizing and collective trust. We also found that CEO tenure moderates the relationship between downsizing and collective …
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Antecedents and Consequences of Top Management Team Characteristics
… by environment, organizational, and leadership (CEO) characteristics, (2) TMT characteristics significantly influences the firm performance, even after adjusting for the endogeneity, and (3) the relationship between TMT characteristics and firm performance is moderated by managerial discretion …
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Does CEO Compensation Encourage Risk-Taking? Empirical Evidence from FTSE350.
This thesis investigates the effect of CEOs remuneration components on company risk-taking activities. The primary aim of this study is to provide a better understanding of the link between the Chief Executive Officers' (CEOs) compensation packages and their effects on the company volatility. …
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Nonprofit Board Effectiveness, Funding Source,and Financial Vulnerability
… while board size, age of the organization, CEO tenure, service area, United Way affiliation, national affiliation were included as control variables. Board effectiveness as measured by the BSAQ was a significant predictor of financial vulnerability as measured by the FVI. The strategic and …
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Working capital management and AIM listed SME companies profitability: a mixed research method approach.
… including: board size, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) age, CEO tenure and directors remuneration were found to be statistically significant in explaining the profitability of AIM listed SME companies. Also, the following company specific characteristics were found to have statistically significant …
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CEO pay ratios and company performance : a study of JSE-listed consumer goods and services companies
The disparity in remuneration between company CEOs and other employees is a topical and highly controversial issue globally. Theoretically, there are two explanations for this pay disparity - tournament theory and behavioural theory. Tournament theory says that employees are more motivated to …
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Working capital management and profitability of UK firms: a contingency theory approach.
… governance factors (Chief Executive Officer (CEO) tenure and board size) and profitability. On the other hand, company specific characteristics variables (company size, financial leverage, assets tangibility liquidity ratio, cash flow and sales growth) were also found to have statistically …
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Essays on corporate governance and executive compensation
… the interconnections between blockholders and CEO power, and the link between deferred compensation (inside debt) and financial performance/firm behavior. In the first chapter, I consider agency theory’s prediction that a large shareholder, ”blockholder,” can serve as an effective governance …
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Three essays on corporate governance in the hospitality industry
… their effect on chief executive officer (CEO) compensation has not been systematically examined. Considering that CEO compensation is an important topic related to firm performance, management, and social responsibility, in the third essay I examine the relationship between MandAs and CEO …