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Bailey, E. E., & Helfat, C. E. (2003). External management succession, human capital, and firm performance: An integrative analysis. Managerial and Decision Economics, 24(4), 347–369.
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Barker, V. L., III, & Mueller, G. C. (2002). CEO characteristics and firm R&D spending. Management Science, 48, 782–801.
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Bertrand, M., & Schoar, A. (2003). Managing with style: The effect of managers on firm policies. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4), 1169–1208.
Brower, J., & Nath, P. (2018). Antecedents of market orientation: Marketing CEOs, CMOs, and top management team marketing experience. Marketing Letters, 29(4), 405–419.
Camelo, C., Fernández-Alles, M., & Hernández, A. B. (2010). Strategic consensus, top management teams, and innovation performance. International Journal of Manpower, 31(6), 678–695.
Carboni, O.A., & Medda, G. (2020). Linkages between R&D, innovation, investment and export performance: evidence from European manufacturing firms. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 32(12), 1379-1392
Carpenter, M. A., Geletkanycz, M. A., & Sanders, Wm. G. (2004). Upper Echelons Research Revisited: Antecedents, Elements, and Consequences of Top Management Team Composition. Journal of Management, 30(6), 749–778
Chatterjee, A., & Hambrick, D. C. (2011). Executive Personality, Capability Cues, and Risk Taking: How Narcissistic CEOs React to Their Successes and Stumbles. Administrative Science Quarterly, 56, 202–237.
Chen, H. L. (2013). CEO tenure and R&D investment: The moderating effect of board capital. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 49(4), 437–459.
Cheng, L. T., Chan, R. Y., & Leung, T. Y. (2010). Management demography and corporate performance: Evidence from China. International Business Review, 19(3), 261–275.
Cummings, T. & Knott, A, M. (2018). Outside CEOs and innovation. Strategic Management, 39, 2095–2119
Damanpour, F. (1991). Organizational innovation: A meta-analysis of effects of determinants and moderators. Academy of Management Journal, 34(3), 555–590.
Darmadi, S. (2013). Board members' education and firm performance: evidence from a developing economy. International Journal of Commerce and Management, 23(2), 113-135.
Datta, D.K., & Guthrie, J.P. (1994). Executive succession: Organizational antecedents of ceo characteristics. Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, 15(7), 569-577
Dowell, G. W. S., Shackell, M. B., & Stuart, N. V. (2011). Boards, CEOs, and surviving a financial crisis: Evidence from the internet shakeout. Strategic Management Journal, 32(10), 1025–1045
Duru, A., Iyengar, R.J. & Zampelli, E.M. (2016), The dynamic relationship between CEO duality and firm performance: the moderating role of board independence. Journal of Business Research, 69(10), 4269-4277.
Favaro, K., Per-Ola, K., & Neilson, G. L. (2011). CEO succession 2010: the four types of CEOs. Strategy+Business, 63, 1–14.
Giuliani, E., & Bell, M. (2005). The micro-determinants of meso-level learning and innovation: evidence from a Chilean wine cluster. Research Policy, 34(1), 2005, 47-68
Guthrie, J.P., Grimm, C.M., & Smith, K.G. (1991). Environmental change and management staffing: an empirical study. Journal of Management, 17, 735-48
Hambrick, D. C. (2007). Upper echelons theory: An update. Academy of Management Review, 32(2), 334–343.
Hambrick, D. C., & Fukutomi, G. D. (1991). The seasons of a CEO’s tenure. Academy of Management Review, 16(4), 719–742.
Hambrick, D. C., & Finkelstein, S. (1987). Managerial discretion: A bridge between polar views of organizational outcomes. Cummings, L. L., Staw, B. M. (eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior, 369–406. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Hambrick, D. C., & Mason, P. A. (1984). Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers. The Academy of Management Review, 9(2), 193–206
Hamza, F., Azouzi, M.A., & Jarboui, A. (2013). CEO's Commitment Bias and its Firm R&D Level Bayesian Network Method: Evidence Form Tunisia. Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 13(11),30-44.
Harris, D., & Helfat, C. (1997). Specificity of CEO human capital and compensation. Strategic Management Journal, 18(11), 895–920.
Harymawan, I., Nasih, M., Agustia, D., Ratri, M. C., & Nowland, J. (2020). CEO & CFO Education and R&D Investment in Indonesia. Journal Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 14(2), 16-34,
Hayward, M., & Hambrick, D. C. (1997). Explaining the premiums paid for large acquisitions: Evidence of CEO hubris. Administrative Science Quarterly, 42, 103–127.
Hayward, M., Rindova, V., & Pollock, T. (2004). Believing one’s own press: The causes and consequences of CEO celebrity. Strategic Management Journal, 25, 637–653.
He, Q., Carrilero-Castillo, A. & Gonzalez-Garcia, J. (2021) Do CEO characteristics influence a firm’s investment in brand equity? Evidence from Chinese listed firms. Int Entrep Manag J (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00721-7
Helfat, C. E., & Martin, J. A. (2015). Dynamic managerial capabilities: Review and assessment of managerial impact on strategic change. Journal of Management, 41(5), 1281–1312.
Hill, C.W. & Snell, S.A. (1989). Effects of ownership structure and control on corporate productivity. Academy of Management Journal, 32(1), 25-46.
Hsu, W. T., Chen, H. L., & Ho, M. H. C. (2020). CEO Tenure and R&D investment: founders vs. agents and the role of independent directors. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 32(10), 1209–1222.
Kang, M., & Lee, M. J. (2017). Absorptive capacity, knowledge sharing, and innovative behaviour of R&D employees. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 29, 219–232.
Kesner, I. F., & Sebora, T. C. (1994). Executive succession: Past, present & future. Journal of Management, 20(2), 327–372.
King, T., Srivastav, A., & Williams, J. (2016). What’s in an education? Implications of CEO education for bank performance. Journal of Corporate Finance, 37, 287 –308.
Kor, Y. T. (2003). Experience-based top management team competence and sustained growth. Organization Science, 14, 707–719.
Kor, Y.Y. (2006). Direct and interaction effects of top management team and board compositions on R&D investment strategy. Strategic Management Journal, 27(11), 1081–1099.
Li, M. & Yang, J. (2019). Effects of CEO duality and tenure on innovation. Journal of Strategy and Management, 12(4), 536-552.
Lin, C., Lin, P., Song, F. M., & Li, C. (2011). Managerial incentives, CEO characteristics and corporate innovation in China’s private sector. Journal of Comparative Economics, 39(2), 176–190.
Luo, X., Kanuri, V. K., & Andrews, M. (2014). How does CEO tenure matter ? The mediating role of firm-employee and firm-customer relationships. Strategic Management Journal, 35(4), 492–511.
McEnrue, M. P. (1988). Length of Experience and the Performance of Managers in the Establishment Phase of Their Careers. The Academy of Management Journal, 31(1), 175–185.
Murphy, K. J. & J. Zimmerman (1993). Financial Performance Surrounding CEO. Turnover. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 16(1-2-3)
Ryan, H.E., & Wiggins R.A. (2002). The interactions between R&D investment decisions and compensation policy. Financial Management, 31(1), 5-29
Saboo, A. R., Sharma, A., Chakravarty, A., & Kumar, V. (2017). Influencing acquisition performance in high-technology industries: The role of innovation and relational overlap. Journalof Marketing Research, 54(2), 219–238.
Saidu, S. (2019). CEO characteristics and firm performance: focus on origin, education and ownership. Journal of Global Entrepreneur Resources, 9, 29 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40497-019-0153-7
Scherer, F. M. (1984). Innovation and Growth: Schumpetarian Perspectives. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Simsek, Z. (2007). CEO tenure and organizational performance: An intervening model. Strategic Management Journal, 28(6), 653–662.
Talke, K., Salomo, S., & Kock, A. (2011). Top management team diversity and strategic innovation orientation: The relationship and consequences for innovativeness and performance. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28(6), 819–832.
Ujunwa, A. (2012), Board characteristics and the financial performance of Nigerian quoted firms. Corporate Governance, 12(5), 656-674. https://doi.org/10.1108/14720701211275587
Wally, S., & Baum, J. R. (1994). Personal and structural determinants of the pace of strategic decision making. Academy of Management Journal, 37(4), 932–956.
Wright, P. Ferris, S.P. Sarin, A., & Awasthi V. (1996). Impact of corporate insider, blockholder, and institutional equity ownership on firm risk taking. Academy of Management Journal, 39(2), 441-463
Wu, C. (2013) Global-innovation strategy modelling of biotechnology industry. Journal of Business Research, 66(10), 1994-1999
Yadav, M. S., Prabhu, J. C., & Chandy, P. K. (2007). Managing the future: CEO attention and innovation outcomes. Journal of Marketing, 71(4), 84–101.
You, Y., Srinivasan, S., Pauwels, K., & Joshi, A. (2020). How CEO/CMO characteristics affect innovation and stock returns: findings and future directions. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 4, 1229–1253.
Zajac, E. J. (1990). CEO selection, succession, compensation and firm performance: A theoretical integration and empirical analysis. Strategic Management Journal, 11(3), 217–230.
Zhang, Y., & Rajagopalan, N. (2010). Once an outsider, always an outsider? CEO origin, strategic change, and firm performance. Strategic Management Journal, 31(3), 334–346.
Al Shammari, H. (2018). CEO incentive compensation and risk-taking behaviour: The moderating role of CEO characteristics. Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 17(3), 1-15.
Alessandri, T. M., & Pattit, J. M. (2014). Drivers of R&D investment: The interaction of behavioural theory and managerial incentives. Journal of Business Research, 67, 151–158.
Bailey, E. E., & Helfat, C. E. (2003). External management succession, human capital, and firm performance: An integrative analysis. Managerial and Decision Economics, 24(4), 347–369.
Balsmeier, B., & Buchwald, A. (2014). Who promotes more innovations ? Inside versus outside hired CEOs. Industrial and Corporate Change, 24(5), 1013–1045.
Barker, V. L., III, & Mueller, G. C. (2002). CEO characteristics and firm R&D spending. Management Science, 48, 782–801.
Baysinger, B. D., Kosnik, R. D., & Turk T. A. (1991). Effects of board and ownership structure on corporate R&D strategy. Acad. Management Journal, 34, 205–214.
Bertrand, M., & Schoar, A. (2003). Managing with style: The effect of managers on firm policies. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4), 1169–1208.
Brower, J., & Nath, P. (2018). Antecedents of market orientation: Marketing CEOs, CMOs, and top management team marketing experience. Marketing Letters, 29(4), 405–419.
Camelo, C., Fernández-Alles, M., & Hernández, A. B. (2010). Strategic consensus, top management teams, and innovation performance. International Journal of Manpower, 31(6), 678–695.
Carboni, O.A., & Medda, G. (2020). Linkages between R&D, innovation, investment and export performance: evidence from European manufacturing firms. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 32(12), 1379-1392
Carpenter, M. A., Geletkanycz, M. A., & Sanders, Wm. G. (2004). Upper Echelons Research Revisited: Antecedents, Elements, and Consequences of Top Management Team Composition. Journal of Management, 30(6), 749–778
Chatterjee, A., & Hambrick, D. C. (2011). Executive Personality, Capability Cues, and Risk Taking: How Narcissistic CEOs React to Their Successes and Stumbles. Administrative Science Quarterly, 56, 202–237.
Chen, H. L. (2013). CEO tenure and R&D investment: The moderating effect of board capital. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 49(4), 437–459.
Cheng, L. T., Chan, R. Y., & Leung, T. Y. (2010). Management demography and corporate performance: Evidence from China. International Business Review, 19(3), 261–275.
Cummings, T. & Knott, A, M. (2018). Outside CEOs and innovation. Strategic Management, 39, 2095–2119
Damanpour, F. (1991). Organizational innovation: A meta-analysis of effects of determinants and moderators. Academy of Management Journal, 34(3), 555–590.
Darmadi, S. (2013). Board members' education and firm performance: evidence from a developing economy. International Journal of Commerce and Management, 23(2), 113-135.
Datta, D.K., & Guthrie, J.P. (1994). Executive succession: Organizational antecedents of ceo characteristics. Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, 15(7), 569-577
Dowell, G. W. S., Shackell, M. B., & Stuart, N. V. (2011). Boards, CEOs, and surviving a financial crisis: Evidence from the internet shakeout. Strategic Management Journal, 32(10), 1025–1045
Duru, A., Iyengar, R.J. & Zampelli, E.M. (2016), The dynamic relationship between CEO duality and firm performance: the moderating role of board independence. Journal of Business Research, 69(10), 4269-4277.
Favaro, K., Per-Ola, K., & Neilson, G. L. (2011). CEO succession 2010: the four types of CEOs. Strategy+Business, 63, 1–14.
Giuliani, E., & Bell, M. (2005). The micro-determinants of meso-level learning and innovation: evidence from a Chilean wine cluster. Research Policy, 34(1), 2005, 47-68
Guthrie, J.P., Grimm, C.M., & Smith, K.G. (1991). Environmental change and management staffing: an empirical study. Journal of Management, 17, 735-48
Hambrick, D. C. (2007). Upper echelons theory: An update. Academy of Management Review, 32(2), 334–343.
Hambrick, D. C., & Fukutomi, G. D. (1991). The seasons of a CEO’s tenure. Academy of Management Review, 16(4), 719–742.
Hambrick, D. C., & Finkelstein, S. (1987). Managerial discretion: A bridge between polar views of organizational outcomes. Cummings, L. L., Staw, B. M. (eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior, 369–406. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Hambrick, D. C., & Mason, P. A. (1984). Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers. The Academy of Management Review, 9(2), 193–206
Hamza, F., Azouzi, M.A., & Jarboui, A. (2013). CEO's Commitment Bias and its Firm R&D Level Bayesian Network Method: Evidence Form Tunisia. Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 13(11),30-44.
Harris, D., & Helfat, C. (1997). Specificity of CEO human capital and compensation. Strategic Management Journal, 18(11), 895–920.
Harymawan, I., Nasih, M., Agustia, D., Ratri, M. C., & Nowland, J. (2020). CEO & CFO Education and R&D Investment in Indonesia. Journal Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 14(2), 16-34,
Hayward, M., & Hambrick, D. C. (1997). Explaining the premiums paid for large acquisitions: Evidence of CEO hubris. Administrative Science Quarterly, 42, 103–127.
Hayward, M., Rindova, V., & Pollock, T. (2004). Believing one’s own press: The causes and consequences of CEO celebrity. Strategic Management Journal, 25, 637–653.
He, Q., Carrilero-Castillo, A. & Gonzalez-Garcia, J. (2021) Do CEO characteristics influence a firm’s investment in brand equity? Evidence from Chinese listed firms. Int Entrep Manag J (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00721-7
Helfat, C. E., & Martin, J. A. (2015). Dynamic managerial capabilities: Review and assessment of managerial impact on strategic change. Journal of Management, 41(5), 1281–1312.
Hill, C.W. & Snell, S.A. (1989). Effects of ownership structure and control on corporate productivity. Academy of Management Journal, 32(1), 25-46.
Hsu, W. T., Chen, H. L., & Ho, M. H. C. (2020). CEO Tenure and R&D investment: founders vs. agents and the role of independent directors. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 32(10), 1209–1222.
Kang, M., & Lee, M. J. (2017). Absorptive capacity, knowledge sharing, and innovative behaviour of R&D employees. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 29, 219–232.
Kesner, I. F., & Sebora, T. C. (1994). Executive succession: Past, present & future. Journal of Management, 20(2), 327–372.
King, T., Srivastav, A., & Williams, J. (2016). What’s in an education? Implications of CEO education for bank performance. Journal of Corporate Finance, 37, 287 –308.
Kor, Y. T. (2003). Experience-based top management team competence and sustained growth. Organization Science, 14, 707–719.
Kor, Y.Y. (2006). Direct and interaction effects of top management team and board compositions on R&D investment strategy. Strategic Management Journal, 27(11), 1081–1099.
Li, M. & Yang, J. (2019). Effects of CEO duality and tenure on innovation. Journal of Strategy and Management, 12(4), 536-552.
Lin, C., Lin, P., Song, F. M., & Li, C. (2011). Managerial incentives, CEO characteristics and corporate innovation in China’s private sector. Journal of Comparative Economics, 39(2), 176–190.
Luo, X., Kanuri, V. K., & Andrews, M. (2014). How does CEO tenure matter ? The mediating role of firm-employee and firm-customer relationships. Strategic Management Journal, 35(4), 492–511.
McEnrue, M. P. (1988). Length of Experience and the Performance of Managers in the Establishment Phase of Their Careers. The Academy of Management Journal, 31(1), 175–185.
Murphy, K. J. & J. Zimmerman (1993). Financial Performance Surrounding CEO. Turnover. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 16(1-2-3)
Ryan, H.E., & Wiggins R.A. (2002). The interactions between R&D investment decisions and compensation policy. Financial Management, 31(1), 5-29
Saboo, A. R., Sharma, A., Chakravarty, A., & Kumar, V. (2017). Influencing acquisition performance in high-technology industries: The role of innovation and relational overlap. Journalof Marketing Research, 54(2), 219–238.
Saidu, S. (2019). CEO characteristics and firm performance: focus on origin, education and ownership. Journal of Global Entrepreneur Resources, 9, 29 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40497-019-0153-7
Scherer, F. M. (1984). Innovation and Growth: Schumpetarian Perspectives. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Simsek, Z. (2007). CEO tenure and organizational performance: An intervening model. Strategic Management Journal, 28(6), 653–662.
Talke, K., Salomo, S., & Kock, A. (2011). Top management team diversity and strategic innovation orientation: The relationship and consequences for innovativeness and performance. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28(6), 819–832.
Ujunwa, A. (2012), Board characteristics and the financial performance of Nigerian quoted firms. Corporate Governance, 12(5), 656-674. https://doi.org/10.1108/14720701211275587
Wally, S., & Baum, J. R. (1994). Personal and structural determinants of the pace of strategic decision making. Academy of Management Journal, 37(4), 932–956.
Wright, P. Ferris, S.P. Sarin, A., & Awasthi V. (1996). Impact of corporate insider, blockholder, and institutional equity ownership on firm risk taking. Academy of Management Journal, 39(2), 441-463
Wu, C. (2013) Global-innovation strategy modelling of biotechnology industry. Journal of Business Research, 66(10), 1994-1999
Yadav, M. S., Prabhu, J. C., & Chandy, P. K. (2007). Managing the future: CEO attention and innovation outcomes. Journal of Marketing, 71(4), 84–101.
You, Y., Srinivasan, S., Pauwels, K., & Joshi, A. (2020). How CEO/CMO characteristics affect innovation and stock returns: findings and future directions. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 4, 1229–1253.
Zajac, E. J. (1990). CEO selection, succession, compensation and firm performance: A theoretical integration and empirical analysis. Strategic Management Journal, 11(3), 217–230.
Zhang, Y., & Rajagopalan, N. (2010). Once an outsider, always an outsider? CEO origin, strategic change, and firm performance. Strategic Management Journal, 31(3), 334–346.