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Analysis of managers' characteristics and perception of firm strategic factors and performance of Nigeria's manufacturing firms
Umar, Gunu; Simon, Adamade Sylvanus - In: DBA Africa management review 5 (2015) 1, pp. 137-151
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Monitoring managers: does it matter?
Cornelli, Francesca; Kominek, Zbigniew; Ljungqvist, … - 2010
for making 'honest mistakes.' Following forced CEO turnover, companies see performance improvements and their investors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272503
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Do Entrenched Managers Pay Their Workers More?
Cronqvist, Henrik; Heyman, Fredrik; Nilsson, Mattias; … - 2005
Based on a two-million-observation panel dataset that matches public firms with detailed data on their employees, we … governance of large public firms and labor market outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320116
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Monitoring managers : does it matter?
Cornelli, Francesca; Kominek, Zbigniew; Ljungqvist, … - 2010
that their investors are considerably more likely to eventually sell them at a profit. -- Corporate governance ; large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003916269
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Monitoring managers : does it matter?
Cornelli, Francesca; Kominek, Zbigniew; Ljungqvist, … - 2010
for making ‘honest mistakes.’ Following forced CEO turnover, companies see performance improvements and their investors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702077
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CEO preferences and acquisitions
Jenter, Dirk; Lewellen, Katharina - 2011 - This draft: December 2011
sacrificing premiums. Better corporate governance is associated with more acquisitions of firms led by young CEOs, and with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009504779
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Does CEO fitness matter?
Limbach, Peter; Sonnenburg, Florian - 2015 - This draft: November 2015
firm profitability and higher M&A announcement returns. Our identification strategy includes CEO-firm fixed effects …
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CEO fitness and firm value
Limbach, Peter; Sonnenburg, Florian - 2015 - First Draft: September 2014, This Draft: May 2015
We provide evidence for a positive impact of CEO fitness on firm value (Tobin's Q). For each of the years 2001 to 2011, we define S&P 1500 CEOs as fit if they finish a marathon. Fit CEOs are associated with higher firm profitability and M&A announcement returns. Effects on firm value are...
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Does uncertainty about management affect firms' costs of borrowing?
Pan, Yihui; Wang, Tracy Yue; Weisbach, Michael S. - 2014
Uncertainty about management appears to affect firms' cost of borrowing and financial policies. In a sample of S&P 1500 … firms between 1987 and 2010, CDS spreads, loan spreads and bond yield spreads all decline over the first three years of CEO … uncertainty about management. Firms adjust their propensities to issue external debt, precautionary cash holding, and reliance on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532197
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Market competition or family ties : which prevails on Italian CEOs pay?
Graziano, Clara; Rondi, Laura - 2015 - This draft: June 8, 2015
firms from 2000 to 2011 and tests the impact of the 2007-08 financial crisis on pay-performance sensitivity. We argue that …
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