education and the open-mindedness of managers. At the firm level, size tends to have a positive effect, but more so for …

others. However, the same holds true for top managers. In this lab-in-the-field experiment we directly compare the scores of … entrepreneurs, managers and employees on a comprehensive set of measures of optimism and overconfidence (n = 2,058). The results … when bad events occur. For incentivized measures of overconfidence we find no difference between entrepreneurs and managers …

We document that for a group of high-income countries (i) mean earnings of managers tend to grow faster than for non … managers over the life cycle; (ii) the earnings growth of managers relative to non managers over the life cycle is positively …-of-control model where managers invest in their skills. We parameterize this model with U.S. observations on managerial earnings, the …

among leaders of private than state-owned companies, and less typical among managers of foreign than Hungarian companies …

. Managers who were socialised in state socialist combines are still a large proportion of East German economic elites. Owing to …

. The purpose of this paper is to identify the values held today by Slovenian managers and students and contributes to the … few studies that have examined the influence of age on values. The exploratory study comprises 130 managers and 118 … students majoring in management. The managers highly value health, family happiness, honesty, freedom and wisdom, whereas the …

Better managers and managerial practices lead to better firm performance. Yet, little is known about what happens when … managers move across firms. Does a firm hiring a good manager improve its performance? If yes is there some valuable knowledge …-invariant ability of the manager as well as overall firm performance. We find that the export experience gained by managers in previous …

experiment among 100s of entrepreneurs, managers and employees. Our experimental results show that entrepreneurs are indeed more … curiosity. Our empirical test results show that (i) entrepreneurs score indeed higher, on average, than managers and employees …

Knowledge is key to the success of a firm. Firms and their managers acquire knowledge via channels which are often … export experience acquired by managers in previous firms leads their current firm towards higher export performance, and … commands a sizeable wage premium for the manager. Export knowledge is decisive when it is market-specific: managers with …