In this research, we examined the effects of (1) business-related and strategic IT-related knowledge of the chief information officer (CIO) and the top management team (TMT) and (2) engagements between the CIO and members of the top management team on firms’ success in using information technology (IT) to support their business strategies and value-chain activities. Using a cross-sectional fiel...

On their journey toward digital transformation, industrial firms need to embrace innovation. The top management team (TMT) is expected set the course for innovation, which a challenging endeavour given novel and cross-functional nature of We draw on role theory make sense emerging requirements TMT combine this view with upper echelon hypothesize specific characteristics that are needed first th...

In this paper, we aim to investigate the impact of top management team (TMT) on performance cross-border M&A, using a sample 270 M&A events Chinese listed companies. We find that heterogeneity TMT characteristics could affect in different ways. More specifically, higher gender can improve significantly, while more heterogeneities tenure and overseas background lead significant reduction...