Almost 30 years after the introduction of the CIO position, the ideal CIO reporting structure (whether the CIO should report to the CEO or the CFO) is yet to be prescribed. There is an intuitive assumption among some proponents of IT that the CIO should always report to the CEO to promote the...

Almost 30 years after the introduction of the CIO position, the ideal CIO reporting structure (whether the CIO should report to the CEO or the CFO) is yet to be identified. There is an intuitive assumption among some proponents of IT that the CIO should always report to the CEO to promote the...

In this study, we examine whether the initiation of credit default swaps affects the reference entity's executive compensation design. With both human capital and financial capital highly associated with the firm's bankruptcy risk, risk averse managers prefer cash compensation over option...

We examine how a supplier CEO’s long-term orientation (LTO), as characterized by Hofstede’s framework of cross-cultural dimensions, affects the duration of customer-supplier relationships. By analyzing the national cultural backgrounds of 707 distinct supplier CEOs from 20 countries based on...

The importance of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has been enhanced in recent decades with the growing reliance of firms on IT. CIOs influence their firm's strategy implementation and can facilitate improved firm performance by effectively managing IT resources. However, what makes an ideal...