CEO overconfidence and innovation

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1469-1484

  Galasso, Alberto ^a   Simcoe, Timothy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO overconfidence; Innovation; Managerial biases; R D

Indexed keywords

CAREER CONCERN; CEO OVERCONFIDENCE; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; CORPORATE INNOVATION; FUTURE PERFORMANCE; INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE; MANAGERIAL BIASES; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 80051610550     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1110.1374     Document Type: Article

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