A game of thrones—Dynamics of internal CEO succession and outcome

We examine the implications of chief executive officer (CEO) succession methods for firm outcomes and executive incentives. Focusing on internal CEO successions, we find that the largest U.S. firms typically rely on two types of succession methods, namely, heir apparent and horse race successions. Although heir apparent and horse race CEO candidates have similar qualifications, the consequences of these two succession methods differ significantly. We find that horse race successions induce conflict and are detrimental to firm performance but not necessarily to the newly appointed CEOs. Our findings suggest succession method influences firm performance, executive incentives and CEO labour markets.     

Bearing ‘the burden and heat of the day’: The experience of business failure in Douglas & Grant Ltd.

This article looks at the role of business culture in a business failure. Using the extensive records of the Scottish engineering firm of Douglas & Grant Ltd., it explores how the choices made by the firm's leaders were shaped by their values and assumptions. The article argues that the failure of the firm to manage expansion in the first decades of the twentieth century was rooted in these values, which both encouraged its leaders to take risks and constrained their ability to manage change.     

家族企业控制权继任模型实证分析

文章在借鉴国外有关家族企业控制权继任模型基础上,结合我国特有的文化、市场背景的实际情况,构建了家族企业控制权继任分析模型,并对家族企业控制权继任模型进行了实证分析,得出了有价值的结论并为中国家族企业代际传承提出了指导性建议。     

温州家族企业代际传承困境及模式演变

代际传承是家族企业在持续成长过程中面临的最难应对的挑战之一,因此也成为学者们热衷的主题。文章在经过课题组调查研究及综合其他学者研究的基础上,从温州家族企业代际传承的困境出发,提出了温州家族企业未来传承的演变模式。     

国有企业CEO继任机制理论研究与实践回顾

国有企业改革的成败很大程度上取决于国有企业的经营者,因此,能否成功选任继任者对国有企业改革具有重要意义。文章沿着改革的路线回顾国有企业CEO继任机制的演变,分析国有企业CEO继任现状,最后讨论国有企业CEO委任制存在的原因,提出国有企业CEO继任的发展方向。     

Spousal Effect and Timing of Retirement

The retirement decisions of individuals are strongly influenced by spousal retirement, financial incentives and institutional constraints such as access to early retirement benefits. In the European Union (EU), farm retirement is encouraged by early retirement provisions for farmers. As exit from farming determines the characteristics of structural change in agriculture, it is important to find out how spousal retirement and economic incentives affect the timing and type of retirement decisions among elderly farmers. This paper analyses the timing of early retirement decisions of farming couples using duration analysis and different exit channels. The empirical analysis is based on Finnish farm‐level panel data for the period 1993–1998. The results suggest that an expected pension particularly advances farm transfers. Farming couples are found to co‐ordinate their early retirement decisions. However, farmers are not found to co‐ordinate their early retirement according to spousal retirement under other pension schemes.     

Does the origin of a succession CEO matter in the market value of innovation? Disentangling the origin of internal CEOs

This study complements previous research regarding CEO origin and family businesses by incorporating upper echelons theory with the perspective of family effect as well as disentangling CEO origin to provide a better understanding of how external, unrelated internal, and family succession CEOs affect innovation performance. We further reveal how a family founder helps improve the value of innovations undertaken by family heirs. The results show that firms with unrelated internal succession CEOs experience higher (lower) stock market reactions to innovation announcements than those with family (external) succession CEOs. Founders serving on the board reduce the negative effect between family heirs and innovation performance. Copyright © 2016 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

《孔子诗论》、《荀子》及先秦儒学思想的历史脉络

《上海博物馆藏战国楚竹书.孔子诗论》与《荀子》有一脉相承的联系。在对于"情"以及"情"与"乐"关系的认识层面上,关于《诗》与礼的论述中以及关于《诗》的艺术特征上,它们的"《诗》论"都具有一致性。《上海博物馆藏战国楚竹书.孔子诗论》与《荀子》"《诗》论"的相似性、《荀子》与毛鲁韩三家《诗经》传授联系以及《上海博物馆藏战国楚竹书.孔子诗论》与《毛诗序》的相似性,则非常有力地印证并丰富了孔子——七十子——七十子后学——荀孟——汉儒这一条先秦儒学经籍传授以及思想延续的主线。     

International experience in the executive suite: the path to prosperity?

Attention is increasingly focused on the potential individual career and firm‐level benefits of international experience for upper level executives. This research examines the relationships between CEO international experience, CEO tenure, firm internationalization, succession events, and corporate financial performance. Results indicate a significant interactive effect between CEO tenure and outside succession on CEO international experience. In addition to a relationship with CEO international experience, there are two additional interactive effects in the examination of corporate financial performance: (1) CEO international experience and the degree of firm internationalization, and (2) CEO international experience and CEO succession. These interactive effects are evident in accounting and market indicators of corporate financial performance. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.