CEO duality as a double-edged sword: How boards of directors balance entrenchment avoidance and unity of command

S Finkelstein, RA D'aveni - Academy of Management journal, 1994 - journals.aom.org
… Affiliated board members, defined as directors who conducted business … board members
because they were not independent of management (Mallette & Fowler, 1992). Data on boards

When elites forget their duties: The doubleedged sword of prestigious directors on boards

J Oehmichen, D Braun, M Wolff… - Journal of Management …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… Often, corporate executives and board directors of large firms belong to this group, and …
board, we excluded all executive board members2 and employee representatives on the board. …

Why embrace a double-edged sword? A behavioral theory of board political capital building

R Gao, G Martin, HW Hu, JW Lu - Strategic Organization, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… Consistent with this logic, underperforming firms could seek similar benefits from relevant
government officials by appointing them as board directors, which may provide the firms with …

Synergies and internal agency conflicts: The doubleedged sword of mergers

P Fulghieri, LS Hodrick - Journal of Economics & Management …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… a divisional manager and her board of directors; Section 3 adds this … nor between a board of
directors and its shareholders. … the boards of directors must decide whether to merge the two

Government directors as a doubleedged sword for strategic change: Strong resource provision but weak monitoring

Y Wang, X Chang, T Wang - Managerial and Decision …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… examines the double-edged effect of government directors on … Since we cannot predict which
of the two effects will be larger … the political backgrounds of board members. To fill this gap, …

The double-edged sword of CEO activism

DF Larcker, S Miles, B Tayan… - Rock Center for …, 2018 - papers.ssrn.com
… How accurately can employees, customers, and members of the public distinguish between
these two types of activism? Do they react differently to them? Should this distinction matter …

Board heterogeneity: Double-edged sword? Focusing on the moderating effects of risk on heterogeneity-performance linkage

KH Kim - Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 2014 - search.proquest.com
Board members tend to favor demographically similar board … Heterogeneity in board
members’ backgrounds creates an … interaction and communication in boards’ decision-making …

The double-edged sword of CEO/chairperson duality in corporatized state-owned firms: evidence from top management turnover in China

M Firth, SML Wong, Y Yang - Journal of Management & Governance, 2014 - Springer
… In this study, we offer evidence on the double-edged sword perspective of … two vice-chairpersons,
who are elected by the affirmative votes of more than half of all the board members

The SPJ code's doubleedged sword: Accountability, credibility

C Bukro - Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 1985 - Taylor & Francis
… how this and other codes are double-edged swords that demand … clause asking SPJ members
to censure wrongdoers in the … In May, 1985, the SPJ National Board of Directors heard the …

The doubleedged sword of going “overboard”: Board connectedness, debt quality, and the cost of debt

A Hammami, A Lyubimov… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… when board members of one firm serve on multiple boards. … for board members, and in
many cases, board members are … on it could damage a director's reputation and hinder their …