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The Determinants of Corporate Board Size and Composition: An Empirical Analysis
- A. Boone, L. Field, J. Karpoff, Charu G. Raheja
- Business
- 1 March 2006
Many theories have been proposed to explain how corporate boards are structured. This paper groups these theories into three hypotheses and tests them empirically. We utilize a unique panel dataset… Expand
Determinants of Board Size and Composition: A Theory of Corporate Boards
- Charu G. Raheja
- Business
- 1 June 2005
This paper models the interaction of firm insiders and outsiders on a corporate board and addresses the question of the board's ideal size and composition. In the model, the board is responsible for… Expand
The Benefits of Focus vs. Heterogeneity: Dissimilar Directors and Coordination within Corporate Boards
- A. Knyazeva, Diana Knyazeva, Charu G. Raheja
- Business
- 1 May 2013
We examine dispersion in director characteristics within a board. Directors with different skills can augment the board’s overall expertise and decision making flexibility, but they also face… Expand
Internal managerial promotions: Insider incentives and CEO succession
- S. Mobbs, Charu G. Raheja
- Business
- 3 September 2012
We identify and compare firms that promote a single executive (successor-incentive) and companies that conduct tournaments (tournament-incentive) among inside managers to succeed the CEO.… Expand
Do Opposites Attract ? Dissimilar Directors and Coordination within Corporate Boards *
We investigate the implications of dispersion in individual director characteristics within a corporate board for shareholder value. The presence of directors with dissimilar skill sets can augment… Expand
CEOs vs. Directors: Who Calls the Shots When Firms Underperform?
- John C. Easterwood, Charu G. Raheja
- Business
- 5 July 2008
We study the evolution of the board among firms experiencing a sudden negative performance shock and highlight the influence of the CEO in determining the changes. Over 40% of the original directors… Expand
¿Llegó la hora de hacer una movida lateral?: ¿cuan lejos puede llegar a influir un director de RH en un nombramiento cuando hay muchos factores en juego?
- B. Fryer, Vanessa Robinson, Richard Hermon-Taylor, Charu G. Raheja
- Business
- 2009
Cuando una empresa de seguros de Reino Unido se ve afectada por un fraude de valores que da como resultado la expulsion del CEO, la jefa de recursos humanos trata de aprovechar la oportunidad para… Expand
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Gradually truncated log-normal in USA publicly traded firm size distribution
- H. Gupta, J. R. Campanha, Daniela R. de Aguiar, G. A. Queiroz, Charu G. Raheja
- Mathematics
- 1 March 2007
We study the statistical distribution of firm size for USA and Brazilian publicly traded firms through the Zipf plot technique. Sale size is used to measure firm size. The Brazilian firm size… Expand
Benefits of Focus vs. Heterogeneity: An Analysis of Corporate Boards
- A. Knyazeva, Diana Knyazeva, Charu G. Raheja
- Business
- 25 February 2009
We study the costs and benefits of dispersion in directors’ incentives and ability within corporate boards. Director incentive is measured by their ownership in the firm and number of outside… Expand
The Interaction of Insiders and Outsiders in Monitoring: A Theory of Corporate Boards
- Charu G. Raheja
- Business
- 1 August 2003
I explicitly model the interaction of inside and outside corporate board members in a firm where the board is responsible for monitoring projects and making CEO succession decisions. Inside directors… Expand