We use rich data on all business, economics, and engineering graduates in Sweden to study the lack of women among chief executive officers (CEOs). A comprehensive battery graduates’ characteristics explains 40% gender gaps CEO appointments 60% with children. The explanatory power mostly comes from absences unemployment, which are about twice as likely for men. These differences increase followi...

This article explores whether new firms managed by founder-chief executive officers (CEOs) are more likely to survive than those successor-CEOs in times of crisis. Drawing on the concept ‘resilience’ adversity, we argue that founder-CEOs increase likelihood firm survival, especially Using a sample Japanese founded during 2003–2010 period, examine impact founder-CEO succession survival. The anal...

Abstract We explore the effects of chief executive officers’ (CEOs’) personal dominance—an idiosyncratic character trait strongly associated with a desire for influence and control—on two fundamental organizational design decisions: CEO’s span control (1) her delegation responsibilities as reflected in appointment operating officer (COO) (2). Linking three original measures CEO dominance based ...

This study investigates how powerful chief executive officers (CEOs) affect their firm’s environmental performance. Based on a sample of 5222 U.S. firm–year observations, we find that such CEOs positively influence performance and this effect is more prevalent in profitable firms. result suggests are influential creating sufficient resources to enhance firms’ They also typically well establishe...

Background and Objectives: The healthcare organization are often fail to realize their strategic goals due to the lack of effective leadership. To address this efficiency, factors can possibly influence the management performance should be identified. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style and explore the relationship between leadership style in hosp...

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has been identified as a central construct to understand how firms compete and perform effectively in increasingly competitive environments. Drawing on regulatory focus theory, this study examines chief executive officers' (CEOs') focus, motivational attribute that entails promotion for growth prevention safety, affects the EO of small medium-sized enterprises (...

This study examines the relationship between chief executive officers’ (CEOs’) characteristics (e.g., tenure, experience, education, age and compensation) accounting conservatism for a sample of 672 yearly observations from both Jordanian industrial service companies listed on Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) during period 2014–2021. Using feasible generalised least squares, results show that CEOs wi...

We examine the contractual implications of a lender’s trust for corporate loans. measure how trusting lender is using average attitude in chief executive officer’s ancestral country origin. find that banks with CEOs charge lower interest rates U.S. syndicated This effect identified within existing lender–borrower relationships and similar types Further analyses indicate reduces cost credit by b...

Kenneth H. Cohn, MD, FACS, Chief Executive Officer, HealthcareCollaboration.com, Natick, Massachusetts; Joel Berman, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Concord Hospital, Concord, New Hampshire; Barry Chaiken, MD, founder, DocsNetwork.com, Boston; David Green, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Concord Hospital; Michael Green, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Concord Hospital; Deane Morrison, RPh, Ch...