The Influence of Top Management Team Heterogeneity and Internationalization on Firm Performance
Author: Philip D. Mosciski
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13:
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The Impact of the Internationalization of Top Management Team on Firm Performance
Author: Hadrien Lefebvre
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages:
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present thesis investigates the impact of the internationalization of top management teams (TMTs) on firm performance. Based on the Upper Echelon theory of Hambrick and Mason (1984), we operated TMT internationalization under two distinct demographic constructs, namely TMT nationality diversity and TMT diversity in international experience. We tested the individual and combined effects of those two characteristics of TMTs on firm performance. Demographic data was collected on a sample of TMTs of forty-five large Swiss MNCs and we used multiple OLS regression as our methodology for statistical analysis. While the positive main effect of TMT international experience on firm performance has only been partially confirmed, we found no significant impact of TMT nationality diversity on corporate results. However, it appeared that TMT nationality diversity holds a positive moderating effect on the relationship between TMT international experience and firm performance. Thus we may recommended to CEOs and management boards of MNCs to not only select internationally seasoned and diverse executives but also to promote a global culture in the ranks of their company's senior management.
International Business in a VUCA World
Author: Rob van Tulder
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-10-21
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781838672560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDedicated to Professor Peter Buckley, OBE, this volume of Progress in International Business Research explores the new challenges for MNEs, SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) and INVs (International New Ventures) emerging from this changing and increasingly unpredictable political, economic, social and technological VUCA world.
Handbook of Top Management Teams
Author: F. Bournois
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010-10-29
Total Pages: 725
ISBN-13: 0230305334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKQuestions of company governance have been examined over the years, but this has generally been in areas concerning shareholders. Meanwhile the management team and board of directors remain comparatively unexplored. This book has been written to provide a way into this relatively unknown world of executive committees.
Top Management Team Heterogeneities and Firm Performance
Author: Arifin Angriawan
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 83
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent research has investigated the moderating effects of environmental characteristics on the relationships between top management team heterogeneities and firm performance but has given little attention to the moderating role of board composition. This study examines the moderating effects of the proportion of outside board membership on the relationships between top management team heterogeneities and firm performance. The upper echelons theory would contend that outside directors with their valuable resources (information, skills, and networks) and the tendency to challenge and initiate cognitive conflicts with top management teams can improve the quality of the strategic decision making process, strategic decision, and firm performance. To test these predictions, it was hypothesized that the greater the proportion of outside directors, the more positive the relationship between top management team tenure heterogeneity, educational heterogeneity, functional background heterogeneity, and firm performance. The results did not support the predictions.
Internationalization of Top Management Teams and Its Impact on Inter-regional Firm Performance
Author: Briag Adler
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Published: 2019
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present thesis investigates the relationship between regionalization strategy and firm performance and the moderating effect of Top Management Team (TMT) diversity. Based on the Upper Echelon theory of Hambrick and Mason (1984), inter-regional nationality diversity and inter-regional experience were operationalized to capture TMT internationalization. A multiple OLS regression and a moderation analysis were used for our statistical analysis. The sample initially consisted of the 100 largest stock listed companies in Germany for 2013 and 2015, however, lack of data availability alleviated our final dataset. The positive relationship between the degree of regionalization and firm performance narrowly missed the statistical significance level by only 2 percentage points. While statistically insignificant, we found a negative moderating effect of TMT inter-regional nationality diversity, whereas the moderating effect of inter-regional experience on the relationship between regionalization and firm performance appears to be positive. While the thesis supports existing findings by highlighting the increased performance of intraregional oriented companies and recommending companies to compose their TMT in line with their strategy, it calls for further investigation on the moderating effects of diversity attributes through the eyes of the yet under-researched concept of regionalization.
Strategic Leadership
Author: Sydney Finkelstein
Publisher: Strategic Management
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 0195162072
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations. The basic premise is that in order to understand why organizations do the things they do, or perform the way they do, we need to deeply comprehend the people at the top-- their experiences, abilities, values, social connections, aspirations, and other human features. The actions--or inactions--of a relatively small number of key people at the apex of an organization can dramatically affect organizational outcomes. The scope of strategic leadership includes individual executives, especially chief executive officers (CEOs), groups of executives (top management teams, or TMTs); and governing bodies (particularly boards of directors). Accordingly, the book addresses an array of topics regarding CEOs (e.g., values, personality, motives, demography, succession, and compensation); TMTs (including composition, processes, and dynamics); and boards of directors (why boards look and behave the way they do, and the consequences of board profiles and behaviors). Strategic Leadership synthesizes what is known about strategic leadership and indicates new research directions. The book is meant primarily for scholars who strive to assess and understand the phenomena of strategic leadership. It offers a considerable foundation on which professionals involved in executive search, compensation, appraisal and staffing, as well as board members who evaluate executive performance and potential, might build their tools and perspectives.
Internationalization and Firm Performance
Author: Mario Krist
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2009-07-25
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 3834994987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMario Krist explores if, how, and why internationalization and performance are related to each other and explicitly considers the role of intangible resources in this context.
Strategic Leadership
Author: Sydney Finkelstein
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 484
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA thorough, in-depth treatment of strategic leadership that highlights knowledge creation and practical insight. The authors have been at the forefront of research and writing in this field; this book represents a compilation and creative extension of their own and others research on top executives. This brief one-color text is appropriate for MBA strategy courses or as a supplement to various upper-division managerial texts. Strategic Leadership is part of the Wests Strategic Management Series edited by Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, and Robert E. Hoskisson, authors of Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, 2nd.
The international composition of Top Management Teams: Implications of executive nationality
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Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
Published: 2001-07-31
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 3736901704
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