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Corporate Governance When Founders are DirectorsFeng LiUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Stephen M. Ross School of Business Suraj SrinivasanHarvard Business School December 23, 2010 Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming Abstract: We examine CEO compensation, CEO retention policies, and M&A decisions in firms where founders serve as a director with a non-founder CEO (founder-director firms). We find that founder-director firms offer a different mix of incentives to their CEOs than other firms. Pay for performance sensitivity for non-founder CEOs in founder-director firms is higher and the level of pay is lower than that of other CEOs. CEO turnover sensitivity to firm performance is also significantly higher in founder-director firms compared to non-founder firms. Overall, the evidence suggests that boards with founder-directors provide more high powered incentives in the form of pay and retention policies than the average U.S. board. Stock returns around M&A announcements and board attendance are also higher in founder-director firms compared to non-founder firms.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 51 Keywords: Founder, CEO compensation, CEO turnover, family firms, corporate governance, board of directors JEL Classification: G3, G34 working papers seriesDate posted: August 23, 2010 ; Last revised: January 9, 2011Suggested CitationContact Information
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