team into a firm. What results is an account of the emergence of the objective of profit seeking. Profit seeking emerges … firms successfully maximize profits, the objective of profit maximization continues to be an axiomatic feature of the … production teams from firms by asking why team members would sell their control rights to a principal, thereby transforming the …

two important yet less extensively examined aspects of corporate governance in banks: executive team expertise and non … corporate governance matter. Higher executive team expertise is associated with superior bank outcomes regarding performance …

relationship remain unclear. First, within the firm, the role of 'top team' demography on firm outcomes is surprisingly little … top team diversity is amplified in the London city-region. …

relationship remain unclear. First, within the firm, the role of 'top team' demography on firm outcomes is surprisingly little … top team diversity is amplified in the London city-region …

,000 English firms. Owners, partners and directors set firms' strategic direction. Top team demography might generate production … information on revenues, product and process innovation. I then regress these measures of business performance on top team …

of the major Italian soccer league ("Series A") we analyze the effects of coach (manager) changes in terms of team … performance. From our preliminary estimates, including year and team fixed effects, it emerges that changing the coach produces a … positive effect on a number of measures of team performance. However, this effect turns out to be statistically insignificant …