We conduct beauty contest experiments, using close to 2,000 subjects to study the facial traits of CEOs. In one experiment we use pairs of photographs and find that subjects rate CEO faces as appearing more "competent" and less "likable" than non-CEO faces. Another experiment matches CEOs from...

We investigate the directional accuracy of exchange rate forecasts by corporate executives. We find that a forecast with a 1-year horizon is valuable for the profitability and unprofitability predictions of manufacturers, although previous studies provide considerable evidence that forecasts...

This aim of the study corporate governance is a structure used to manage and direct the affairs of the corporate company in order to enhance its business prosperity and accountability with objective of achieving long term shareholder value in addition to taking the interests of other...

Praxisorientierung ist ein wesentliches Merkmal des Selbstbildnis der wissenschaftlichen Disziplin Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI). In verschiedenen Äußerungen und Publikationen von Disziplinvertretern - also aus der Innensicht der Disziplin - wird deutlich, dass diese die WI insgesamt und...

We conduct beauty contest experiments, using close to 2,000 subjects to study the facial traits of CEOs. In one experiment we use pairs of photographs and find that subjects rate CEO faces as appearing more "competent" and less "likable" than non-CEO faces. Another experiment matches CEOs from...