Essays about: "CEO appointments"

Found 3 essays containing the words CEO appointments.

  1. 1. Revealing the life above the ceiling - A study of the glass cliff in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Beata Enwall; Bruno Wisniewski; [2018]
    Keywords : Gender equality; CEO appointments; Company performance;

    Abstract : We study the correlation between company performance and the selection of gender in 236 CEOs appointments in Sweden over the years 2005-2016. We seek to investigate whether the "glass cliff" is prevalent in Sweden, a phenomenon which states that female leaders are appointed to leadership positions associated with higher risk of failure to a larger extent than men. READ MORE

  3. 2. Do investors care about gender? A study on stock market reactions to female CEO appointments in Scandinavia

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

    Author : Jennifer Hansson; Linnea Åkerling; [2017]
    Keywords : CEO succession; Gender; Scandinavia; Event study; Diversity;

    Abstract : This paper studies the stock market reactions to the announcements of CEO successions, employing signaling theory and token status theory to highlight potential gender effects. Using a sample of 455 CEO succession events in Scandinavia between 2005 and 2016, we find that the investor reactions to female CEO appointments are significantly more positive than the investor reactions to male CEO appointments. READ MORE

  4. 3. How do the share prices of football clubs react to new managerial appointments? : An event study of publicly listed Danish football clubs

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Fredrik Näslund; Niklas Howell; [2014]
    Keywords : football; manager; share price; Denmark; Danish; event study; efficient market hypothesis; share price reaction;

    Abstract : The study sets out to examine whether or not there is an effect on the share price when appointing new managers for football clubs. CEOs and football managers have been compared in terms of responsibilities and while there is a wealth of research on the effect on the share price of appointing a new CEO, there has been little research on the same effect for football managers. READ MORE