CSR and firm risk: Is shareholder activism a double-edged sword?

K Bozos, T King, D Koutmos - Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2022 - mdpi.com
… is necessary in order for a firm to see a reduction in its systematic risk. In other words, while
… with lower firm risks, we demonstrate that the impact of CSR engagement on firmsrisk is in …

Can a technology firm desire too much of a good thing? The double-edged sword effects of technology orientation on performance

N Zhani, N Mouri, A Hamdi - European Business Review, 2021 - emerald.com
firms. In doing so, this paper explores how different levels of TO affect firm innovativeness,
how different levels of firm innovativeness affect performance and the moderating role of risk-…

Poverty as a doubleedged sword: how CEOs' childhood poverty experience affect firms' risk taking

Z Zhang, X Wang, M Jia - British Journal of Management, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… -taking behaviour (Buyl, Boone and Wade, 2019; Wales, Patel and Lumpkin, 2013), we
focus on two types of firmsrisk-taking behaviour (speculation vs. innovation) simultaneously. …

The doubleedged sword of global integration: Robustness, fragility, and contagion in the international firm network

E Grant, J Yung - Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… in a firm's total connections reduces the probability of firm distress by 3.6 percentage points
and is associated with improved firm … Overall, our findings help us better understand the risks

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
… When either informal CEO power or firm performance is high, the risk of CEO entrenchment
is also high, making duality more dysfunctional. When informal CEO power or firm

Double-edged sword: Does strong creditor protection in the bankruptcy process affect firm productivity

P Gao, L He, S Hu, Q Xin - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2024 - Elsevier
… In addition, we find that the decline in TFP triggered by firms taking risk reduction
measures under bankruptcy court operations exhibit lower levels of financial distress. …

The impact of advertising and R&D on bankruptcy survival: A double-edged sword

N Jindal - Journal of Marketing, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… This research has shown that the mechanisms through which advertising and R&D protect
a firm from the risk of entering bankruptcy differ from the mechanisms through which they …

The double-edged sword of entrepreneurial orientation: A configurational perspective on failure in newly public firms

B Kindermann, CVH Schmidt… - … Theory and Practice, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… In turn, we also find support for an enhanced risk of failure for newly public firms with a
pronounced EO when post-IPO working capital efficiency is low and technological turbulence is …

Risks and rewards in the world of social media: Firms–and staff–must tackle the ultimate “double-edged sword

J Wheatcroft - Human Resource Management International Digest, 2016 - emerald.com
… “double-edged sword” could have been invented to convey a sense of the opportunities it
creates but also the dangers … The double-edged sword, then, applies as much to employees as …

The doubleedged sword of CEO narcissism: A meta‐analysis of innovation and firm performance implications

PS Kraft - Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… with a high-risk orientation. Instead, countries characterized by a low-risk orientation are less
risk orientation. This, in turn, leads to a higher positive indirect effect of CEO narcissism on …