Placed in the context of China’s transitional economy, this paper studies the role of different economic, institutional and managerial factors in accelerating or hindering hightechnology firms’ pace of strategic adaptation toward a higher level of technology orientation. Drawing on a unique longitudinal data of firms in the Zhongguancun Science Park (China’s Silicon Valley) from 2000 to 2003, w...

I presume that I do not need to write about the rationale for improving physician relations. Although, publicly, healthcare leaders tell me that they serve at the pleasure of the board, privately, they tell me that they serve at the pleasure of the medical staff as well. At an ACHE seminar I led in 2005, “Practical Strategies for Engaging Physicians,” one hospital CEO confided: “If I have a pro...

This study examines the effects of governance mechanisms on CEO dismissal in different corporate cultures: manipulative (firms sued for financial misreporting) versus normal (non-sued firms). The findings show that, following the discovery of wrongdoings, “seemingly independent” boards are less effective in replacing the CEOs, whereas banks and blockholders increase the likelihood and lead to m...

This study examined “new CEO dismissal”, i.e., a new CEO is dismissed within three years after succession. Based upon agency theory and human capital theory, we argue that new CEO dismissal may represent a correction to an inappropriate CEO selection and accordingly, succession contexts that tend to lead to an inappropriate CEO selection will increase the likelihood of new CEO dismissal. With a...

Article history: Received 17 September 2013 Received in revised form 1 March 2014 Accepted 11 March 2014 Available online 19 March 2014 Most studies consider chief executive officer (CEO) turnover from the firm's perspective. In this paper, I suggest that the labor market conditions for CEOs affect turnover outcomes. I use CEOs' positions on corporate executive and director networks to assess t...

background and aims. current chemical methods may not efficiently disinfect dental stone casts. the aim of this study was to investigate if microwave irradiation is effective for disinfection of stone casts. materials and methods. in this laboratory study, three groups (n = 162) of prepared spherical stone beads as carriers with a diameter of 10 mm were inoculated by separately soaking in three...

Room-temperature continuous-wave operation of large-area (120 microm x 980 microm) GaAs/AlGaAs graded-refractive-index separate-confinement heterostructure lasers on (100) Si substrates has been obtained. Minimum threshold-current densities of 214 A/cm(2) (1900-microm cavity length), maximum slope efficiencies of about 0.8 W/A (600-microm cavity length), and optical power in excess of 270 mW/fa...

organic compounds including seaweed extract were applied in organic production system and sustainable agriculture. one of these compounds is humic acid that was used widely in research and commercial programs. humic acid is an organic acid obtained from humus and other natural resources with hormonal effects and improving nutrient absorption, increasing root and shoot biomass. in order to inves...

Organic compounds including seaweed extract were applied in organic production system and sustainable agriculture. One of these compounds is humic acid that was used widely in research and commercial programs. Humic acid is an organic acid obtained from humus and other natural resources with hormonal effects and improving nutrient absorption, increasing root and shoot biomass. In order to inves...