Collusive behaviour, risk and performance of tourism firms

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This paper aims to enrich social network and managerial powers theories by examining the effects of board-CEO friendship ties in tourism firms. Specifically, we focus on the association between the board-CEO social network ties (e.g. serving external boards together or sharing memberships at social organisations) and performance and risk-taking behaviour among tourism firms. The findings show that friendship ties between CEO and board members result in higher risk-taking, lower profitability and market values. In addition, professional ties (i.e. current and past employment) significantly impact tourism firms’ outcomes, whereas non-professional ties (i.e. education and other social organisations) do not. The findings prevail after controlling for the Covid-19 pandemic. However, friendship ties lead to better information sharing, resulting in more effective decision-making by board members.

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Trinh, V. Q., Seetaram, N., Duong, K. T., & Vo, X. V. (2023). Collusive behaviour, risk and performance of tourism firms. Tourism Economics, 29(8), 2103–2128. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548166221125988

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