In contrast to studies examining the effects of government incentives such as environmental regulation on corporate green innovation, this paper investigates the influence of CEO reputation, a market-based incentive mechanism, on companies’ green innovation behavior. Utilizing green patent...

This paper investigates the effect of superstar CEOs on their competitors. Exploiting shocks to CEO status due to prestigious media awards, we document a significant positive stock market performance of competitors of superstar CEOs subsequent to the award. The effect is more pronounced for...

Using data on birthplaces of 2,065 CEOs and a local measure of cultural individualism based on the westward expansion in American history, I find a positive relation between CEO cultural individualism and corporate innovation. Firms with individualistic CEOs file more patents and receive more...

We analyze the effect of CEO food culture on corporate innovation using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2000 to 2016. We extend benign masochism and behavioral consistency theories to determine that a CEO with Szechuan cuisine food culture is positively associated with corporate...

Building on prior research that postulates a positive relationship between firms’ cash flow and innovation output, we examine whether the use of cashflow performance metrics in CEOs’ compensation contracts has a positive effect on firms’ innovation output. We hypothesize and find that...