I investigate how a CEO's prior performance affects her managerial decision making. Controlling for CEO fixed effects and employing reference points, I find that CEOs choose less risky projects after making gains. This result suggests that following good performance, a CEO feels relaxed and...

Foundational RBV work suggests that firms possess capabilities that represent strengths and others that represent weaknesses. In contrast, contemporary research has examined capability strengths while largely ignoring weaknesses. Addressing this oversight, we examine the direct and integrated...

Corporate social responsibility has been an important theme in management at least since the 1960s. International business became a recognized subfield in management around the same time. Logically, there might have been much dialogue about corporate social responsibility in international...