This study examines how the financial experience of senior executives influences corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and reporting activities. With a sample of Chinese listed companies over the period 2009–2018, we find that companies with senior executives with financial...

We examine the effect of Top Management Team (TMT) professional finance experience on firm investment efficiency. Top managers with a career background in finance help reduce deviations of investment from the level warranted by firm fundamentals. Reductions in investment inefficiencies are...

This study examines the impact of the financial experience among top management team (TMT) members on corporate tax aggressiveness. Based on a sample of Chinese listed firms covering the 2009-2018 period, I find that senior executives with financial expertise pursue more tax avoidance;...

Considering the leadership role of top management team (TMT) in the implementation of corporate digital strategy, we use a sample of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2012 to 2020 to test the impact of TMT stability on corporate digital innovation. We find that as TMT stability improves, the...