a r t i c l e i n f o Drawing on the behavioral agency perspective and entrepreneurship literature, we examine the impact of board configuration at the time of an IPO on top management team (TMT) firm-specific human capital, and firm performance in young IPO firms. The results show that the ratio of outside directors at the time of an IPO has a positive relationship with the attrition of TMT fi...

A considerable amount of research has investigated the linkage between top management team (TMT) characteristics and firm financial performance. Much of this research relies on demographic data. While these data are reliable and accessible, findings across studies are not consistent. Meta-analysis of several TMT indicators and firm financial performance provides modest support for direct relati...

OBJECTIVE To compare injuries and hospital utilization and outcomes from terror and war for civilians and soldiers. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Injuries from terror and war are not necessarily comparable, especially among civilians and soldiers. For example, civilians have less direct exposure to conflict and are unprepared for injury, whereas soldiers are psychologically and physically prepared ...

Increased global terrorism has given rise to unique medical requirements that may be described as terror medicine. Using Israeli experience as a reference base, this paper notes four broad areas of terror medicine: preparedness, incident management, mechanisms of injuries and responses, and psychological consequences. Whether terror medicine is treated as a stand-alone discipline or part of dis...

OBJECTIVE The Trail Making Test (TMT) has its limitations when applied to Eastern cultures due to its reliance on the alphabet. We looked for an alternative tool that is reliable and distinguishable like the TMT and devised the Trail Making Test Black & White (TMT-B&W) as a new variant. This study identifies the applicability of the TMT-B&W as a useful neuropsychological tool and determines whe...

Research supporting terror management theory has shown that participants facing their death (via mortality salience) exhibit more greed than do control participants. The present research attempts to distinguish mortality salience from other forms of mortality awareness. Specifically, the authors look to reports of near-death experiences and posttraumatic growth which reveal that many people who...

What drives performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises remains largely unanswered this article is an attempt in that direction to fill the gap help evolve body knowledge. The designed produce theoretical insights on how top management team (TMT) sharing leadership, market culture, firm innovation capability, relates performance. Drawing resource-based dynamic capabilities-based view, we...