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Tips and Tells from Managers : How Analysts and the Market Read Between the Lines of Conference Calls
Druz, Marina - 2015
Stock prices react significantly to the tone (negativity of words) managers use on earnings conference calls. This …
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Communication within Firms : Evidence from CEO Turnovers
Impink, Stephen Michael; Prat, Andrea; Sadun, Raffaella - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
This paper uses novel, firm-level measures derived from communications metadata before and after a CEO transition in 102 firms to study if CEO turnover impacts employees' communication flows. We find that CEO turnover leads to an initial decrease in intra-firm communication, followed by a...
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Language Barriers in Multinationals and Knowledge Transfers
Guillouet, Louise; Khandelwal, Amit; Macchiavello, Rocco; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
A distinct feature of MNCs is a three-tier organizational structure: foreign managers (FMs) supervise domestic managers …
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The Impacts of Managerial Autonomy on Firm Outcomes
Kala, Namrata - 2019
Enterprises (SOEs) in India. The program gave managers (the board of directors) of profitable SOEs more autonomy over strategic … that a manager subsequently joins a board of a private firm is greater for managers of those SOEs which were granted … may occur partly through managers' career concerns …
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Understanding Corporate Governance Through Learning Models of Managerial Competence
Hermalin, Benjamin E. - 2014
A manager's shareholders, board of directors, and potential future employers are continually assessing his ability. A rich literature has documented that this insight has profound implications for corporate governance because assessment generates incentives (good and bad), introduces assorted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458636
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Leadership, Coordination and Mission-Driven Management
Bolton, Patrick - 2008
What makes a good leader? A good leader is able to coordinate his followers around a credible mission statement, which communicates the future course of action of the organization. In practice, leaders learn about the best course of action for the organization over time. While learning helps...
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Economics and Reality
Uhlig, Harald - 2010
This paper is a non-technical and somewhat philosophical essay, that seeks to investigate the relationship between economics and reality. More precisely, it asks how reality in the form empirical evidence does or does not influence economic thinking and theory. In particular, which role do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462240
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Gender Representation in Economics Across Topics and Time : Evidence from the NBER Summer Institute
Chari, Anusha - 2017
We document the representation of female economists on the conference programs at the NBER Summer Institute from 2001 …-track professors, but is ten percentage points lower than the share of women among assistant professors. Finally, within conference …
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Playing Favorites : How Firms Prevent the Revelation of Bad News
Cohen, Lauren - 2013
that firms that "cast" their conference calls by disproportionately calling on bullish analysts tend to underperform in the …
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Golden Years or Financial Fears? Decision Making After Retirement Seminars
Allen, Steven G. - 2013
Many organizations provide retirement planning seminars to their employees as a benefit to help them make better informed retirement decisions. This study examines the participants in 85 seminars conducted by five companies in 2008 and 2009 to determine how much learning takes place and whether...
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