We examine the relation between a measure of male CEOs' facial masculinity and financial misreporting. Facial masculinity is associated with a complex of masculine behaviors (including aggression, egocentrism, risk-seeking, and maintenance of social status) in males. One possible mechanism for...

The negative effects of common ownership on competition have received significant attention, but many proposed mechanisms for institutional investor influence seem implausible. We develop and test an analytical model of optimal compensation in an oligopoly with common ownership, focusing on...

We investigate by means of an experiment how the perception of preventive management controls depends on task complexity and how both affect effort allocation in a multi-task environment. We predict and find that individuals perceive controls as more negative, i.e., annoying and obstructive, if...

Purpose: In line with the knowledge-based economy development, their intellectual capitals play a vital role in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. In the context of developing economy, cost management is taken into consideration as one of the most important strategies to attain...

We explore the tweeting behavior of S&P 1500 firms’ executives (CEOs and CFOs) and its market consequences during the period of 2011 to 2018. We document that executives tweet financial information related to their firms and time these tweets to firms’ major events, and that investors...

Research QuestionThis study investigates how and to what extent country‐level institutional characteristics, firm‐ and independent director‐level risk and responsibilities are related to independent director compensation, in terms of amount and design.Research findings/InsightsUsing an...

“The proof of the pudding is in eating it”. The product will succeed only if people have successfully implemented it and benefitted from it. Prem not only discusses the behavioral factors responsible for success or failure of IT product life cycle, but introduces a whole new field of...

There is so much euphoria about IT, particularly with IT proliferating into every area of our lives. Miracles of IT like the internet, on-line services like banking, shopping, home delivery of goods, cab-booking services, ease of communication through social media, GPRS, home-based conferencing...

Advances in technology have made it possible for employers to provide performance feedback to employees on a more frequent basis. Using four experiments I provide evidence that feedback frequency alters the way employees break up or segment their work time—a process that I refer to as...