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The differing effects of agent and founder CEOs on the firm's market expansion

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  • David Souder
  • Zeki Simsek
  • Scott G. Johnson

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This paper builds and tests the thesis that CEO influence evolves differently for founders and agents. We theorize that at the beginning of their tenures, founder CEOs can pursue market expansion more aggressively than agent CEOs, because they take office with the combination of motivation, power, and requisite knowledge that agent CEOs build over time. Subsequently, however, founder CEOs have less access to the administrative infrastructure necessary to sustain a growing firm, making them less able than agent CEOs to continue market expansion mid‐tenure and more severely constrained by market complexity. A longitudinal study of cable television operators confirms that the firm's market expansion follows an inverted U‐shape for agents and a downward slope for founders, while market complexity reduces market expansion, especially for founders. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • David Souder & Zeki Simsek & Scott G. Johnson, 2012. "The differing effects of agent and founder CEOs on the firm's market expansion," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(1), pages 23-41, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:stratm:v:33:y:2012:i:1:p:23-41
    DOI: 10.1002/smj.944
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