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Does Independent Directors’ CEO Experience Matter?

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  • Shinwoo Kang
  • E Han Kim
  • Yao Lu

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We find the confluence of CEO-same industry experience makes independent directors particularly helpful in enhancing value-added growth and we identify a channel: guidance toward higher value-added R&D investments and higher quality innovations. Further corroborating these inferences, we find greater improvement in value-added growth when (1) independent directors with industry–CEO experience (IDICEs) have experience in more similar industries; (2) they create more shareholder value as CEO; and (3) they are current CEOs. In addition, IDICEs contribute to value-added growth most when firm environments and characteristics are conducive for active board-management interaction; namely, when product markets are more competitive and dynamic, when outsiders can more easily acquire firm-specific information, and when firms are younger and smaller. Consistent with our inferences on how IDICEs contribute to value-added growth, firms growing faster, less successfully innovating, and/or under strong governance tend to be matched with IDICEs.

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  • Shinwoo Kang & E Han Kim & Yao Lu, 2018. "Does Independent Directors’ CEO Experience Matter?," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 22(3), pages 905-949.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revfin:v:22:y:2018:i:3:p:905-949.
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