Identifying the best companies for leaders: does it lead to higher returns?

Greg Filbeck, Raymond F. Gorman and Xin Zhao
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Greg Filbeck: Department of Finance, Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Penn State Erie, Erie, PA, USA, Postal: Department of Finance, Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Penn State Erie, Erie, PA, USA
Raymond F. Gorman: Department of Finance, Farmer School of Business, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA, Postal: Department of Finance, Farmer School of Business, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
Xin Zhao: Department of Finance, Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Penn State Erie, Erie, PA, USA, Postal: Department of Finance, Sam and Irene Black School of Business, Penn State Erie, Erie, PA, USA

Managerial and Decision Economics, 2010, vol. 31, issue 1, 19-31

Abstract: Since 2002, Chief Executive magazine, in conjunction with the Hay Group, has published a list of the Top 20 Companies for Leaders. In this paper, we examine the performance of those companies listed as being the best for leaders. We examine the announcement impact on share price associated with the press releases for firms included in the list and holding period returns between subsequent survey releases. While we generally do not find a significant difference in the performance of the Best Leader sample compared with either the market or the matched sample, we do find that the Best Leader sample outperforms other benchmarks on a raw and risk-adjusted basis during times of high market volatility. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1002/mde.1468

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