The Cadbury Committee, Corporate Performance, and Top Management Turnover

Posted: 22 Nov 2003

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Jay Dahya

Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College - The City University of New York

Nickolaos G. Travlos

ALBA Graduate Business School; University of Surrey

John J. McConnell

Purdue University

Abstract

In 1992, the Cadbury Committee issued the code of Best Practice which recommends that boards of U.K. corporations include at least three outside directors and that the positions of chairman and CEO be held by different individuals. The underlying presumption was that these recommendations would lead to improved board oversight. We empirically analyze the relationship between CEO turnover and corporate performance. CEO turnover increased following issuance of the code; the negative relationship between CEO turnover and performance became stronger following the code's issuance; and the increase in sensitivity of turnover to performance was concentrated among firms that adopted the code.

Suggested Citation

Dahya, Jay and Travlos, Nickolaos G. and Travlos, Nickolaos G. and McConnell, John J., The Cadbury Committee, Corporate Performance, and Top Management Turnover. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=309167

Jay Dahya (Contact Author)

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Nickolaos G. Travlos

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