We analyze the relation between insider trading and the networks of executive and non-executive directors in UK listed companies. While most existing studies focus on firm-specific private information, we find that non-firm-specific information - such as information on other companies and...

This paper analyzes the labor market (turnover and appointments) of executive and non-executive directors by means of social network methodology. We find that directors with strong networks are able to obtain labor market information that enables them to leave their firm more easily for better...

We investigate CEO power on corporate performance in Sri Lanka, characterized by ethno-linguistic and religious boundaries and complex power hierarchies, and by ethnic conflicts and a subsequent reconciliation process. We focus on a CEO’s social-dominance power, based on ethnicity, gender, and...