The issue surrounding brand image is always fascinating to ponder. This is true not only for products/services, but also for organizations and individuals. Like it or not, individuals are prone toward creating brand image to excel in life. From the understanding on products/services, personal...

I show corporate culture is an important channel through which governance affects firm value. By quantifying culture and using a regression discontinuity design for identification, I demonstrate stronger governance significantly changes culture: it increases results-orientation but decreases...

Worldwide, there are many Indigenous communities who distrust the Natural Resources industry due to historical economic, environmental, social, and cultural practices. These communities also often distrust National and Sub-National governments that regulate these industries. At the same time,...

We conduct in-depth interviews of senior executives representing over 20% of the market capitalization of the U.S. equity market to understand: (i) the importance, antecedents and consequences of corporate culture; (ii) the mechanisms that underlie the creation and effectiveness of corporate...

We develop a theoretical framework to define the comparatively efficient organizational form for dealing with a social issue, based on the market frictions associated with it. Specifically, we argue that for-profits have an advantage in undertaking innovation and coordinating production...

The sustainable organization culture is one of the most important intangible assets and driver of competitiveness of organizations. The aim of this article is to reveal the role of various form of leadership in shaping organisational culture by conducting empirical study in the network of...

Golden parachutes have attracted much debate and substantial attention from investors and public officials for more than two decades, and the Dodd-Frank Act mandated a shareholder vote on any future adoption of a golden parachute by public firms. We analyze the relationship that golden...

The analysis of this paper was subsequently combined with that of our companion paper ldquo;Lucky CEOs,rdquo; lt;a href=quot;http://ssrn.com/abstract=945392quot; target=quot;_blankquot;gt;http://ssrn.com/abstract=945392lt;/agt;. The combined paper, titled ldquo;Lucky CEOs and Lucky...

The analysis of this paper was subsequently combined with that of our companion paper ldquo;Lucky Directors,rdquo; lt;a href=quot;http://ssrn.com/abstract=952239quot; target=quot;_blankquot;gt;http://ssrn.com/abstract=952239lt;/agt;. The combined paper, titled ldquo;Lucky CEOs and Lucky...

Over the last few years, prosecutors and SEC enforcement attorneys have increasingly relied on settlement agreements (such as deferred prosecution agreements) to combat securities violations and other corporate criminal acts. Many of these agreements require the use of corporate monitors to...