Venture governance: CEO duality and new venture performance
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چکیده
The ‘one person, two jobs’ role (known as CEO duality) has been debated for decades. In this study, we address how the overall leadership structure of new firms relates to their performance. We investigate direct effects well conditional effects. Our main finding is that duality beneficial in earliest growth stage and number board members important. Contextualizing structure, find with smaller boards, vice versa larger boards. Implications theory practice are discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Business Venturing Insights
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2352-6734']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2022.e00304