{"title":"CEO skill and firm performance","authors":"Katsuyuki Kubo , Takuya Kiriu , Shigeru Uchigasaki , Susumu Seko , Hiroaki Yamauchi","doi":"10.1016/j.jjie.2025.101380","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study aims to analyze the impact of top managers’ skills on firm performance, particularly emphasizing their previous tenure in CEO positions in other firms. We assume that managers with previous managerial experience in other firms possess management skills. The study analyzes changes in the performance of firms that experience managerial turnover from managers without managerial skills to those who possess them, using propensity score matching with a difference-in-difference approach. We confirm that turnover from managers without management skills to those who possess them results in better performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47082,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Japanese and International Economies","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 101380"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Japanese and International Economies","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889158325000292","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study aims to analyze the impact of top managers’ skills on firm performance, particularly emphasizing their previous tenure in CEO positions in other firms. We assume that managers with previous managerial experience in other firms possess management skills. The study analyzes changes in the performance of firms that experience managerial turnover from managers without managerial skills to those who possess them, using propensity score matching with a difference-in-difference approach. We confirm that turnover from managers without management skills to those who possess them results in better performance.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of the Japanese and International Economies publishes original reports of research devoted to academic analyses of the Japanese economy and its interdependence on other national economies. The Journal also features articles that present related theoretical, empirical, and comparative analyses with their policy implications. Book reviews are also published.