Essays about: "Founder-CEO"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Founder-CEO.

1. 1. Understanding Founder-CEO Successions: A qualitative analysis of driving factors behind founder-CEO successions in Swedish growth firms

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

   Author : Elin Berg; Ida Granberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Founder-CEO successions; Founder-CEO; Leadership; Growth firms;

   Abstract : Founder-CEOs play a key role in the startup journey, but as the company grows, the role of the CEO changes and eventually, most founder-CEOs are succeeded by a professional CEO. While founders are not always considered to be suitable for managing a large complex organisation but rather known for their entrepreneurial spirit, there is little understanding of why founder-CEOs leave, or are forced to leave, their position. READ MORE

3. 2. Founders of the Future, A Succession for Success? The Role of Organizational Identification on Founder-CEO Succession in Social Enterprises

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Olivia Lemmel; Louise Ribrant; [2022]
   Keywords : Founder-CEO Succession; Organizational Identification; Prosocial Behavior; Social Enterprises; Chief Executive Officer;

   Abstract : With the world facing increasing global challenges, an important contributor to solving those comes from social enterprises. A prerequisite for those types of companies to have a positive impact within our existing economic system is to be successful. READ MORE

4. 3. Do founder CEOs impact IPO performance: an empirical study on founder CEOs' effect on IPO performance in Sweden

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Elsa Ridner; Malin Selander; [2022]
   Keywords : Founder CEO; IPO performance; CEO characteristics; Initial return; 3-month return;

   Abstract : This paper studies founder CEOs' impact on IPO performance, employing upper echelons, principal-agent, organisational life cycle, and signalling theories to address the potential differences between founder CEO-led firms and non-founder CEO-led firms. IPO performance is measured using initial return and 3-month return. READ MORE

5. 4. Getting What You Want but Not What You Need - A Qualitative Investigation of Founder-CEO Role Transition During Venture Growth

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Vendela Högberg; Sanna Liljestrand; [2021]
   Keywords : Founder-CEO; Role transition; Entrepreneurship; Venture growth; Identity conflict;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurship is considered essential for societal and economic development, stimulating technical advancement, decreasing unemployment, and generating tax revenues. Likewise, founder-led companies have been proven to generate higher value than externally led companies. READ MORE

6. 5. Performance of Swedish listed family-firms

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

   Author : Andreas Rasku; [2014]
   Keywords : Family-controlled; ROA; Return on assets; Tobin s Q; founding-family; CEO; Swedish; listed; performance; firm-specific knowledge;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the performance of Swedish listed family-controlled firms using re-turn on assets (ROA) and Tobin’s Q as performance measures. Results show that found-ing-family firms perform 6.1 % better than other firms for ROA. Firm-specific knowledge of the founder-CEO is the main cause of the enhanced performance. READ MORE