01142nas a2200145   4500008004100000245008000041210006900121260000900190300001200199490000700211520063400218653001200852100002400864856010800888       2016                        eng d00aThe Effects of Executive, Firm, and Board Characteristics on Executive Exit0 aEffects of Executive Firm and Board Characteristics on Executive  c2016  a527-5570 v513 aWe estimate a hazard model of the probability of top corporate executives exiting their firms over the period 1996–2010. Our main findings are that: (1) female executives have greater likelihoods of exit than males, (2) the likelihood of exit increases with the independence of the board and decreases with the fraction of the board that is female and the average age of board members, and (3) a higher percentage of independent directors on the board lowers the probability of exit more for females than for males. Further, controlling for exit risk reduces the well-documented compensation differential between men and women.10aFinance1 aBecker-Blease, John  uhttps://business.oregonstate.edu/biblio/effects-executive-firm-and-board-characteristics-executive-exit01189nas a2200157   4500008004100000245006100041210005700102260000900159300001200168490000700180520070000187653001200887100002400899700001500923856009300938       2011                        eng d00aThe Effect of Gender Diversity on Angel Group Investment0 aEffect of Gender Diversity on Angel Group Investment  c2011  a709-7330 v353 aWe examine the impact that gender diversity has on angel group investment behavior for a sample of 183 group-years between 2000 and 2006. Our evidence suggests that gender diversity is a significant predictor of group investment behavior, and that the proportion of women angels in the group has a negative though nonlinear effect on investment likelihood. These data are most consistent with a situational interpretation that women invest differently when they are in the small minority compared with other situations. These results have important implications for the availability of funds for women entrepreneurs and call for greater participation of women investors in the angel marketplace.10aFinance1 aBecker-Blease, John1 aSohl, Jeff  uhttps://business.oregonstate.edu/biblio/effect-gender-diversity-angel-group-investment-001407nas a2200181   4500008004100000245007700041210006900118260000900187300000900196490000600205520081400211653001201025100002401037700001501061700001901076700001801095856011201113       2010                        eng d00aEmployees, Firm Size, and Profitability in U.S. Manufacturing Industries0 aEmployees Firm Size and Profitability in US Manufacturing Indust  c2010  a7-230 v73 aThis study examines the relation between firm size and profitability within 109 SIC four-digit manufacturing industries.  Depending on our measure of profitability, we find that profitability increases at a decreasing rate and eventually declines in up to 47 of our industries.   No relation between profitability and size is found in up to 52 of our industries.  These two categories account for 97 of our 109 industries.  Profitability continues to increase as firms become larger in up to 11 industries.   Hence, the relation between size and profitability is industry specific.  But, regardless of the shape of the size profitability function, we find that profitability is negatively correlated with the number of employees for firms of a given size measured in terms of total assets and sales. 10aFinance1 aBecker-Blease, John1 aKaen, Fred1 aEtebari, Ahmad1 aBaumann, Hans  uhttps://business.oregonstate.edu/biblio/employees-firm-size-and-profitability-us-manufacturing-industries-0