... Chief executives Layoffs Employee downsizing, defined as a firm’s planned strategic actions to reduce the workforce, has been an integral part of firm operations (e.g. Datta et al., 2010 ; Guthrie and Datta, 2008). Not surprisingly, it has also garnered significant attention from...

...João J.M. Ferreira, Jose Enrique Vila, and Anastasia Mariussen; Wen-Ting Lin; Kuei-Yang Cheng Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the compensation level and the gap between the chief executive officer (CEO) and the top management team (TMT) with respect to the rhythm...

...Marc Rodenbach; Malte Brettel Purpose The aim of this paper is to corroborate with empirical validations the theoretical considerations about the influence of chief executive officers (CEOs) and their experience as micro‐level origin of dynamic capabilities in organisations. Design/methodology...

... by the CEO. Corporate governance Boards Chief executives Directors The past decade has witnessed a renewed interest in the leadership of companies. The main focus of this interest has been on the board of directors, especially in relation to its monitoring role on behalf of shareholders...

... of the process. Vassilis M. Papadakis can be contacted at: vpap@aueb.gr © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Decision making Strategic choices Strategic planning Chief executives Greece Over the last two decades, a comparatively new line of research has gained momentum...

... governor in chief. Apparently, Simpson's demonstrated skills at the counting house qualified him to direct the North American operations of the HBC. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Management history Chief executives Numerous authors have written biographies extolling...

... relations are shown in Table I . Ethics Chief executives Financial performance Compensation Business performance In a post Enron/WorldCom corporate world, corporate ethical values as reflected in the behavior of firms have become a major point of discussion. Within this context, the role...

... Chief executives United States of America The twentieth century saw a steady stream of legislation, court battles, and shareholder reform actions in an effort to protect shareholder rights and to instill the concept of corporate governance into US businesses. The economic boom of the 1920s...

...John Halikias; Leda Panayotopoulou This paper presents the results of an empirical research concerning the influence of the Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO) personality on the export behaviour and performance of 81 manufacturing firms in a small European country. Regression analysis was applied...