EmpiricalStudyofCEOSuccessioninChinesePublicTradedEnterprisesAbstractAnexaminationof172CEOsuccessionsinP
Chinaduring2001revealsthatexternalsuccessionsaremorelikelyinfirmswithpoorperformance,infirmswithlowinsidedirectorproportiononboard,infirmswithoutsidedominantshareholder,andinfirmswithlessinternalsuccessorcandidates
Dominantshareholderisfoundtohavegreatinfluenceuponthetypeofsuccessorchosen,andthisresulthasimplicationsforcorporategovernancestructurenotonlyinChinesetransitionalcontextbutalsoinWesternmarketeconomies
Inaddition,predecessor’sinfluenceuponthetypeofsuccessorchosenisfoundtoberatherlimited
KeyWords:executivesuccession;corporategovernance;transitionaleconomyResearchArea:BusinessandOrganizationManagement中国上市公司CEO继任的实证研究摘要本文通过对于2001年172家中国上市公司的CEO继任事件的研究,揭示了新任CEO是从企业内部选拔还是从外部空降是与公