This paper investigates the association between executive compensation and performance.
It uniquely utilises a comprehensive set of corporate governance mechanisms within a three …

Using hand-collected data on CEO noncompete agreements (NCAs), we find that NCAs are
less common when CEOs expect to incur greater personal costs from reduced job mobility …

Over the past decades, the total value of executive compensation packages has been rising
dramatically, contributing to a wider pay gap between the chief executive officer and the …

Purpose Shareholders and managers can work in a hierarchy in which principals attempt to
control the actions of agents to achieve the wealth objective. Alternatively, shareholders and …

We theorize that female candidates considering CEO roles will perceive greater termination
vulnerability in such roles than their male counterparts. We further theorize that indicators of …

The recent financial crisis brought upon a period of increased information uncertainty for
firms and market agents and in the context of mergers and acquisitions, increased …

In a study of corporate venture capital investments by 81 corporations during a two-year
period, we explore the factors leading to goal ambidexterity, or a balanced pursuit of …

This article adopts an agency perspective of the firm and reviews the mergers and
acquisitions literature from the lens of corporate governance. We highlight how the different …

We examine the organizational impact of CEO initial contract duration on corporate
acquisitions. We argue that CEOs with shorter initial contract durations are more likely to …

This study investigates whether Malaysian family-controlled firms create firm value when
undertaking corporate acquisitions and which family-specific traits determine this value …