among managers and employees. Despite the relevance of intraorganizational networks, past research on SMEs, however, was … focused mainly on the interorganizational level of analysis. To cover this gap, we map ego networks of senior managers in SMEs … study shows that these social networks are an essential driver of knowledge integration and innovation. …

's core business and explorative inventions. It implies that managers diversify their innovation portfolios and decrease …We investigate how CEO's risk incentive (vega) affects firm innovation. To establish causality, we exploit compensation … identification tests indicate a positive and causal effect of CEOs' vega on innovation activities. Furthermore, dampened managerial …

about future performance and standard measures of corporate innovation. We begin by developing a career concern model where … probability of failure, are more likely to pursue innovation, and that this effect is larger in more competitive industries. We …

experience significantly better innovation outcomes, as measured by patents and future citations. We obtain these results in … CEOs on future innovation: firms whose CEO transitions to be an inventor experience positive abnormal stock returns …

innovation outputs between firms of media award-winning CEOs and a matched sample of predicted winners. However, firms headed by … analysts that follow them. These effects likely exert more pressure on managers to meet short-term goals and hence impede the … firms' innovation. We do not find the same effects for firms that have CEOs who win non-media awards. The latter category …

We analyze the effect of CEO food culture on corporate innovation using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2000 to … culture is positively associated with corporate innovation. The influence of CEOs' food culture and overseas experience on … firm innovation are substitutes to each other. CEO food culture matters in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) than in non …

better innovation outcomes, measured by patents and citations, greater innovation effectiveness, and more diverse and … to identify CEOs who are likely to drive innovation success …

ability and innovative output is weaker for older CEOs and managers who stay in the same job for longer, suggesting a … managers more positively, suggesting that equity holders deem better skilled managers more effective at converting innovative …

We examine the relationship of financial expert CEO on firm innovation. Using CEO individual level and firm-level data … significant negative impact on firm innovation. A financial expert CEO causes 17.5% decrease in firm innovation level. We argue … make a separate examination about this impact on innovation that acquired from outsiders …

D&O liability affects corporate innovation is rarely studied. We study this question by exploiting Nevada's 2001 … out-of-state incorporations. We find that firms incorporated in Nevada exhibit an increase in innovation outputs relative …, explorative innovation. Therefore, while holding D&Os liable may be overall desirable as prior studies suggest, it also entails a …