This paper examines whether CEOs with shorter initial contract lengths suffer from greater pressure and consequently engage in more visible efforts via mergers and acquisitions (M&As). By using CEO initial fixed-term contracts and exploiting U.K. corporate governance reform as an exogenous...

This paper examines executive and nonexecutive performance-vested (p-v) restricted stock grants and the extent to which setting an attainable goal affects corporate innovation. Using a Monte-Carlo simulation framework and exploiting an exogenous variation in Offshore Service Outsourcing (OSO)...

This paper examines to what extent the equity incentives awarded to a specific group of nonexecutive employees (core technical employees and middle-level managers) are related to subsequent corporate innovation and firm specificity. We exploit a unique dataset to directly capture core staff...

Despite the increased focus on business model innovation in recent years, there are still major gaps in existing literature about the causes of innovation. Therefore, this study examines various factors impacting business model innovation. Researchers have highlighted that entrepreneurial...

Different supervision methods usually lead to internal organizational conflicts, especially in a multi-unit organization, such as The Iraqi Ministry of Interior (IMI). In this regard, Successful organizational conflict management (OCM) is fundamentally associated with Strategic Clarity (SC) in...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a transformative innovation with the potential to drive significant economic growth and productivity gains. This study examines whether AI is initiating a technological revolution, signifying a new technological paradigm, using the perspective of...

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, along with the novelty of innovation, are significant factors in promoting sustainable development for corporations. This study employs the Heckman two-stage model to examine the impact of ESG performance on innovation novelty using a...

The increasing complexity of products and services, rapidly changing market demands, or growing pressure from various societal groups are trends that require companies to enact new practices to remain competitive. The external search for information and its integration in the context of open...

The main aim of this study is to explore the linkages between innovation capacity, business sophistication, and macroeconomic stability within OECD countries. In order to obtain information regarding the relationship between time series variables, the Pedroni cointegration, Kao cointegration,...