Essays about: "CEO tenure"

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  1. 1. Divestiture Dilemmas: The Impact of CEO Organizational Identification on Corporate Divestiture Propensity, Size, and Scope

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Markus Johansson; Sarangua Tsogtoo; [2023]
    Keywords : Divestiture; Organizational Identification; M A; Upper Echelons Theory; Agency Theory;

    Abstract : While previous research has shown that characteristics of CEOs can impact their reluctance towards engaging in divestiture activity, less is known about how CEO organizational identification (OI) influences their divestiture decisions. This study examines how CEO OI impacts a company's propensity to divest business units, the size of divestitures, and the scope of post-divestiture refocusing. READ MORE

  3. 2. Risk Influences of CEO-Dependent Top Managers: Co-Option and the Cost of Equity Capital

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

    Author : Ellen Norberg; Isak Wallin; [2022]
    Keywords : Top management team co-option; Ex-ante cost of equity capital; Firm risk; Corporate governance;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the research gap in existing literature on top management connectedness toward the CEO, from the perspective of equity stakeholders of the firm. It sheds light on how equity investors perceive firms with executives that are co-opted by the current CEO, in terms of firm risk. READ MORE

  4. 3. CEO compensation cuts - A pandemic or an endemic?

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

    Author : Pedro Almeida; Cristian Huhtamäki; [2022]
    Keywords : Executive compensation; CEO Pay cuts; Managerial Power Theory; Covid-19;

    Abstract : Executive compensation continues to be a popular topic in the corporate governance literature. Yet, an overwhelming amount of the prior research focuses on the determinants of the rapid growth in executive compensation while the literature on executive compensation reductions is scarce. READ MORE

  5. 4. What CEO characteristics and strategic choices impact company growth and success in the IT consultant industry in Sweden?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Emil Einerskog; [2022]
    Keywords : Growth in small business; Upper echelons theory and entrepreneurship.;

    Abstract : Background. Sweden is one the countries that have the highest survival rate amongst new companies in all of Europe but still it is only about 60 percent out of start-ups that survive the first five years [51]. The data from looking over longer time periods also shows a 60 percent survival rate for a five-year period [51]. READ MORE

  6. 5. What Determines a CEO's Impact on Financial Performance in the Swedish Commodity Industry

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

    Author : Victor Kjellström; Otto Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : CEO factors; Financial performance; Human Capital Theory; Homogenous industries; Commodity industry;

    Abstract : Among the many factors shaping company financial performance, the CEO is arguably one of the most critical. But what is it that distinguishes one CEO's ability to produce performance from another? Being such a well-researched field, it still lacks consensus regarding which CEO factors that affect a CEO's ability to produce performance. READ MORE