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The Effects of Succession Choice Surrounding CEO Turnover Announcements: Evidence from Marathon Successions
Author(s) -
Intintoli Vincent J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
financial management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.647
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1755-053X
pISSN - 0046-3892
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-053x.2012.01215.x
Subject(s) - notice , surprise , chief executive officer , ecological succession , business , face (sociological concept) , economics , demographic economics , management , psychology , political science , sociology , social psychology , law , ecology , social science , biology
This study examines marathon successions, which I define as top executive searches that are extended past the formal departure notice of the incumbent chief executive officer (CEO). Marathons should be used when search costs are high and when little time passes from when the incumbent steps down to when they leave the firm. Consistent with these predictions, marathons primarily follow surprise departures and forced turnovers. Marathons are also likely for firms operating in heterogeneous industries that face early tenure incumbent departures. These findings shed light on an increasingly prevalent form of succession and provide insight into the rationale and implications behind the announcement.