The influence of CEO characteristics

This article analyzes the impact of CEO’s education on firm financial performance by using data of 462 firms listed on both Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi Stock Exchange from 2011-2017. In general, a CEO with Master’s Degree has a positive impact of on firm financial performance, thus suggesting that educational level of CEO’s has impact on the firm’s success. Surprisingly, the Doctor's Degree of CEO negatively influences the firm performance measured by the market value (Tobin’s Q) and firm’s profitability (ROA) is positively affected if CEO has a Engineering Degree.

23p nhanchienthien 25-07-2023 8 4   Download

The aim of this study is to investigate the nature, extent and determinants of risk information disclosed, using the context of corporate reporting in Malaysia. Key management personnel and controlling shareholders are chosen as the two types of players expected to influence corporate risk disclosure decisions. In terms of key management personnel, this study draws on upper echelons theory to develop hypotheses about the effects of demographic and other background influences of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chair of Audit Committee (CAC) on corporate risk disclosure.

289p runthenight04 02-02-2023 4 1   Download

Drawing on upper echelon theory, this study investigates the impact of CEOs’ (chief executive officers) demographic characteristics on corporate environmental performance (CEP) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We hypothesized that CEO characteristics, including gender, age, basic educational level, professional educational level, political connection, and ethnicity, affect SMEs’ environmental performance.

12p tozontozon 25-04-2020 13 4   Download

This study investigates the impact of CEOs’ (chief executive officers) demographic characteristics on corporate environmental performance (CEP) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We hypothesized that CEO characteristics, including gender, age, basic educational level, professional educational level, political connection, and ethnicity, affect SMEs’ environmental performance.

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Using US banking industry, this study investigates the impact of CEO characteristics on real activities manipulation achieved by changing the normal operational decisions purposely. Overall, our empirical results present a negative relationship between real earnings management (REM) and some CEO characteristics, including CEO tenure, the directorship on the audit committee and the level of diligence as well.

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