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The Founder Chief Executive Officer: A Review Of Current Insights And Directions For Future Research, Michael A. Abebe, Pingshu Li, Keshab Acharya, Joshua J. Daspit
The Founder Chief Executive Officer: A Review Of Current Insights And Directions For Future Research, Michael A. Abebe, Pingshu Li, Keshab Acharya, Joshua J. Daspit
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Research Question/Issue
From its inception in the late 1980s and early 1990s, founder-chief executive officer (CEO) research has garnered significant scholarly attention in the strategy and entrepreneurship disciplines, although other fields—such as economics, finance, and family business—have also generated substantial research insight on this topic. Despite this progress, a limited consensus exists on the influence of the founder CEO owing to the fragmented nature of extant research. In this review, we address this fragmentation by reviewing current literature, synthesizing the discipline-specific findings into an integrated framework, and highlighting promising directions for future founder-CEO research.
Research Findings/Insights
Using a cross-disciplinary review …