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Attracting CEO directors: the case of Latin America

Jose Luis Rivas (Department of Business Administration, ITAM, Cdmx, Mexico)
Jairo Villamil-Diaz (United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)
Albert Cannella (Mays Business School, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas, USA)

Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración

ISSN: 1012-8255

Article publication date: 29 March 2021

Issue publication date: 29 June 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

To understand if certain board traits can contribute to attract CEO directors

Design/methodology/approach

Panel data model with firm fixed effects of individual and firm level attributes from 450 public firms in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru

Findings

Higher levels of masters abroad, board ties, government experience and foreign members are all negatively related to the appointment of CEO directors

Originality/value

The use of non-performance outcome variable such as CEO experience in the family led emergent environment of Latin America

Propósito

Entender si hay características de un consejo que ayudan a atraer consejeros CEOs

Diseño/Metodología

Modelo con datos panel y efectos fijos usando información individual y de empresa de 450 empresas públicas en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, México y Perú

Hallazgos

Mayores niveles de maestrías en el extranjero, lazos de consejo, experiencia de gobierno y presencia de extranjeros están relacionados negativamente con el nombramiento de nuevos consejeros CEOs

Originalidad/Valor

El uso de una variable que no es de desempeño como experiencia de CEOs en el contexto de empresa familiar en Latinoamérica

Keywords

Acknowledgements

Management Area — Strategy and Entrepreneurship

The completion of this article was partially supported by Asociación Mexicana de Cultura AC

Citation

Rivas, J.L., Villamil-Diaz, J. and Cannella, A. (2021), "Attracting CEO directors: the case of Latin America", Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, Vol. 34 No. 2, pp. 294-315. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARLA-07-2020-0153

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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