Reducing Bias through Board Decision-Making: An Information-Processing Model of Board Decision Synergy

R Krause, MC Withers, MMJ Waller - Academy of Management …, 2024 - journals.aom.org
The board of directors is the highest decision-making group in the organizational hierarchy.
Yet, there remains considerable ambiguity as to what constitutes effective board decision …

The role of military directors in holding the CEO accountable for poor firm performance

S Pavićević, T Keil - Strategic Management Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary Why do some boards of directors dismiss the CEO when a firm
performs poorly, while others do not? We argue that military directors—outside directors with …

A Model of CEO Succession Planning as a Risky Investment: Anticipated Costs, Uncertain Results, and Contingency Conditions

DC Hambrick, EY Lee - Organization Science, 2024 - pubsonline.informs.org
As a counterpoint to the prevailing normative view that CEO succession planning is
universally wise, we develop a model of such endeavors as risky investments. Our model …

Retaining acquired executives through action

HR Parola - Journal of Strategy and Management, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study explores the effects of relative size on target executive turnover, and how
acquiring managers can promote the retention of key employees through procedural justice …

The effect of decision recommendations and approval expectations on directors' decision control: an experimental investigation of anchoring effects

G Nicholson, ABM Al-Zoubi - Journal of Management Control, 2024 - Springer
This paper explores the psychological bias of anchoring in the context of corporate board
decision-making by examining how an initial recommendation in simulated board papers …

M&A committees and M&A performance

Y Ma, L Li - Journal of Business Research, 2025 - Elsevier
This study examines whether acquirers' voluntary use of mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
committees on boards of directors affects their M&A performance. Drawing on the resource …

Introduction: The Clash of the Romance of Leadership with Real Practice During Crisis

A Lavín Fernández, C Mazza - Boards Under Crisis: Decision-Making in …, 2024 - Springer
Board life has been quite underexplored, particularly during crisis. Closeness to decision-
making processes benefits our understanding of root causes behind Boards' behaviors …