<heading id="h1" level="1" implicit="yes" format="display">ABSTRACT</heading>Prior CEO turnover literature characterizes the board's decision as a choice between retaining versus replacing the CEO. We focus instead on the CEO's decision rights and introduce a third option in which the incumbent CEO is removed but retained on the board for an extended period,...

<heading id="h1" level="1" implicit="yes" format="display">ABSTRACT</heading>Drawing on transaction cost economics and institutional theory we argue that the effects of institutional constraints on the transaction costs of outsourcing vary systematically with the type of service outsourced and the ownership structure of the outsourcing firm. Using data from...

<heading id="h1" level="1" implicit="yes" format="display">ABSTRACT</heading>We study the resource allocation role of voluntary disclosures when feedback from financial markets is potentially useful to managers in undertaking value maximizing actions. Managers weigh the short-term price implications of disclosure against the long-term efficiency gains due to...