...Yexin Liu; Weiwei Wu Purpose CEOs play a central role in the digitization of firms. However, the impact of CEO characteristics on digital transformation has typically been examined in isolation, without consideration of their combined effects. The purpose of this paper is to examine the combined...

... and to explore whether capital structure mediates the relationship between CEO characteristics and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach In order to test the hypothesized model, CEO duality, tenure and personal characteristics (age, gender and education) were taken as explanatory variables to study...