In this paper, we use chief executive officer (CEO) succession events to explore the effects of successor characteristics, including outside succession and differences between a new CEO/existing chairman on changes in the degree of firm internationalisation. In addition, we examine the...

Since Berle and Means [(1933). The Modern Corporation and Private Property. New York: Macmillan] raised the issue of separation of ownership and control some 70 years ago, corporate governance remains one of the most popular research topics in disciplines ranging from law and economics to...