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The Career Consequences of Being a Dissident Director

Horstmeyer, Derek - 2017

This paper explores the career consequences of the decision to ally oneself with an activist investor/hedge fund in a proxy contest. Using 102 observations where an existing director reveals themselves to be a ‘dissident director' (i.e. agrees to help an activist in a proxy contest against an...

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Do Managers Act Opportunistically Towards the End of Their Career?

Kabir, Rezaul - 2020

As managers approach retirement, their career horizons become shorter and they might start to behave opportunistically … imply that executive compensation contracts need to be appropriately adjusted when managers approach retirement …

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Are Directors Rewarded for Excellence? Evidence from Reputation Shocks and Career Outcomes

Chen, Mark A. - 2020

We examine how developing an individual reputation for excellence affects a director's career outcomes in the labor market for boardroom talent. Using unique data on prestigious director awards, we find that individuals who experience very positive reputational shocks are typically rewarded with...

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Career Concerns and 'Unpaid' Executives

Chen, Hui - 2018

A significant portion of CEOs in publicly-listed Chinese state-owned enterprises receive zero pay from the companies for which they work. Instead, they are paid directly by their controlling shareholder who can be the Chinese government or parent firms controlled by the Chinese government. While...

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Shaped by Booms and Busts : How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles

Schoar, Antoinette - 2017

We show that economic conditions when managers enter the labor market have long-run effects on their career paths and … managerial styles. Managers who began their careers during recessions become CEOs more quickly, but at smaller firms. They also … have more conservative styles, such as lower investment in capital expenditures and research and development, more cost …

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Shaped by Booms and Busts : How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles

Schoar, Antoinette - 2017

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Career Concerns and 'Unpaid' Executives

Chen, Hui - 2016

A significant portion of CEOs in publicly-listed Chinese state-owned enterprises receive zero pay from the companies for which they work. Instead, they are paid directly by their controlling shareholder, which can be the Chinese government or parent firms that are controlled by the Chinese...

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CEO Career Horizon, Corporate Governance, and Real Options : The Role of Economic Short-Termism

Lee, Joon Mahn - 2018

Combining studies on real options theory and economic short-termism, we propose that, depending on CEOs' career horizons, CEOs will have heterogeneous interests in and incentives to make real options investments. We argue that compared to CEOs with longer career horizons, CEOs with shorter...

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Academic Career Experience of Senior Executives, Socially Responsible Engagement, and Firm Value

Li, Zhe - 2022

from China, this study reveals that firms run by senior executives with prior academic experience exhibit higher CSR …

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All the single ladies : job promotions and the durability of marriage

Folke, Olle; Rickne, Johanna - 2016

This paper addresses women's under-representation in top jobs in organizational hierarchies. We show that promotions to top jobs dramatically increase women's probability of divorce, but do not affect men's marriages. This effect is causally estimated for top jobs in the political sector, where...

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