CEO duality—the practice of a single individual serving as both CEO and board chair—has
been the subject of academic interest for more than 20 years. In that time, boards' use of …

ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Review Research Question/Issue: Over the last four decades,
research on the relationship between boards of directors and strategy has proliferated. Yet …

Strategic management, grounded in the actual practice of management, is at the core of
wealth creation in modern industrial societies and, increasingly, in emerging economies as …

Board composition is a critical element in the ability of the board to impact firm outcomes.
While much of this research has focused on size and independence, there is growing …

Boards of directors serve two important functions for organizations: monitoring management
on behalf of shareholders and providing resources. Agency theorists assert that effective …

Recent research developments underscore the need for research on the processes that link
board demography with firm performance. In this article we develop a model of board …

This study examines the association between the presence of venture capital (VC) and the
employee growth of startups. Grounded in signaling theory, it investigates the impact, if any …

We examine how venture CEOs effectively engage their boards in the strategy-making
process. Using the inductive multiple-case study approach, we track CEO–board …

abstract In this paper, we contribute to the agency and corporate entrepreneurship
literatures by focusing on board antecedents of research and development (R&D). Some …

Although academic entrepreneurship is a topic receiving some attention in the literature,
higher education's appetite for expanding technology transfer activities suggests that more …