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dc.contributor.authorAune, Jens Christian
dc.contributor.authorRiise, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-22T10:14:13Z
dc.date.available2015-09-22T10:14:13Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/301081
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the effect of CEO attributes and company fundamentals on company performance in CEO turnovers. The analyses were performed on a sample of 899 CEO turnovers between 2003 and 2009 in companies listed on the S&P 1500 composite index in the US. A six-step model exploring various perspectives of the CEO turnover in the period [Event day -1/+2 years] finds that the market, on average, yields negative announcement return and then positive cumulative abnormal return in the subsequent two years. Our main finding is that the market reacts to changes made to the company fundamentals, and that it generally rewards changes in company fundamentals contributing to enhance the robustness of the companies’ balance sheets. We find that MBAs tend to run the operations with lesser margins, in terms of balance sheet robustness. Nonetheless, the different behavior between MBAs and engineers does not explain the market reaction. Even though MBAs and engineers have different fiscal strategies in the way they operate companies, the abnormal return is not sensitive to hiring a CEO with these educational profiles alone. It is rather the experience, and the fact that CEOs, on average, are able to introduce changes that fit the companies’ needs that appear to generate abnormal reactions in stock value. We also find that positive abnormal stock return in the transition year materializes in increased ROA and EBITDA margin in the two subsequent years. This confirms that the market is able to identify CEO turnovers that prove successful. This thesis confirms several previous findings within the research field of CEO turnover, and adds to the understanding of the underlying reasons for market reactions to CEO turnovers.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.subjectCEO turnovernb_NO
dc.subjectabnormal stock returnnb_NO
dc.subjectcompany performancenb_NO
dc.subjectCEO attributesnb_NO
dc.subjectcompany fundamentalsnb_NO
dc.titleMarket reactions to CEO turnovers : empirical study on the market reaction to a CEO turnovernb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.description.localcodenhhmasnb_NO


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