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A selection of interesting articles we found recently looking at CEO characteristics and organisational performance. Gender before age in affecting firm performance? The issue of CEO age and gender vs. concurrent performance is extensively examined, but the association with subsequent performance has limited treatment in the financial literature, and with conflicting findings. In the current study, the authors examine the association between CEO age and gender, and subsequent company market performance using a more recent set [...]

A selection of interesting articles we found recently looking at understanding social entrepreneurs. Who are social entrepreneurs and what drives them? This paper questions the taken-for-granted moral portrayal depicted in the extant literature and popular media of the devoted social entrepreneurial hero with a priori good ethical and moral credentials. Sophie Bacq, Chantal Hartog & Brigitte Hoogendoorn confront this somewhat idealistic and biased portrayal with insights from unique large-scale data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2009 [...]