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We investigate the influence of non-executive outside directors on firms' innovative performance for a sample of 1,393 listed firms in the EU - 15 member states plus Norway and Switzerland in the period 2005 to 2010. Our results show that the fraction of non-executive outside directors on the...
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We investigate empirically how outside directors on supervisory boards influence innovative performance of the firms they monitor. Based on panel data of the largest German companies the econometric analysis shows a robust and significant positive influence of external executives on innovative...
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We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011 … business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use formal management practices than larger firms, but that such … returns are most apparent for those SMEs that invest in human resource management practices, such as training and performance …
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Using novel data from micro, small, and medium firms in Viet Nam, we estimate the relationship between behavioural and personality traits of owners/managers - risk attitudes, locus of control, and innovativeness - and firm-level decisions. We extend the analysis beyond standard metrics of firm...
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Despite the surge in academic and non-academic literature on business model innovation (BMI) and its implications on firm performance, research on the antecedents of BMI is still evolving. Building on institutional theory, we empirically advance extant knowledge by proving that managerial ties...
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This study examines the relationship between the gender of the chief executive officer (CEO) and a firm's labor investment efficiency. It evaluates whether firms led by a female CEO engage in more efficient labor-related investment decisions than those led by a male CEO. Using U.S. public...
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The factors that determine firms' levels of internationalization remain a focal area of international business research. Within this research stream, studies building on the upper echelons theory have investigated the influence of the demographic characteristics of the top management team (TMT)...
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The theoretical predictions about the net impact of board network on firm performance are ambiguous and the issue becomes even more complex in emerging economies characterized by concentrated ownership structure and dominated by business group firms. This paper empirically analyzes the effect of...
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