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Dumb CEOs and email

CEOs are too dumb to use email

A fistful of dollars: the CEO tax dodge

US CEOs are using investors to pay their tax.

Ten dumbest CEO moves of 2007

Here are the 10 dumbest CEO moves for 2007. Everything from the illegal to the idiotic.

Mao and Chinese CEOs

More than 31 years after his death, the influence of Mao Zedong is still strong among Chinese executives, according to researchers. According to the researchers, all but one of 15 CEOs interviewed said they often turned to Mao's teachings for management ideas.

Restatements: CEO, CFO and top management turnover

If you are a manager, chief financial officer or auditor working for a company that comes out with a restatement, start looking for another job.

More options, more losses

Loading up CEOs with options leads to riskier performance, according to new research. The evidences shows that options loaded CEOs are more prone to extreme performance, resulting in big gains but more usually, big losses.

CEOs and the future

How can we tell whether a company will keep innovating? Check the language of the CEO, according to a new study. In their letters to shareholders, CEOs more focused on the future tend to lead their companies into more innovation.

Was Ken Lay a typical CEO?

Was Ken Lay a typical CEO? One study suggests he was. According to the research, Lay was relatively well informed about Enron at a high level but it's unlikely that he would have had detailed information on many of Enron's more dubious transactions. The study is a warning for other CEOs.

Private lives, public accountability

Studies show that the private lives of CEOs have a huge impact on shareholders. Following the death of a child, profitability was roughly 21 per cent lower in the two years after the tragedy. But the share price goes up when the mother-in-law dies.

Watch out for superstar CEOs

When BusinessWeek and Forbes name their lists of "Best Managers" or "Best Performing CEOs", it could be the kiss of death. Not only for the CEO but the company and investors. It creates the "superstar CEO" who starts doing bad things, including managing earnings and cooking the books, according to a new study.

Go to jail: a corporate executive survival guide

More CEOs are being sent jail. Here s a CEO survival guide if they have to spend time in the slammer. Some simple advice really. Like get yourself an allowance, take care of business in advance and try and keep up your contacts. But experts say ex-CEOs have the sort of skills to cope well inside.

Oil company CEO nets $460 million in 2006

The Occidental Petroleum Corporation officers disclosed last week that Chief Executive Ray R. Irani took home more than $460 million in compensation in 2006. This is one of the highest annual executive payouts ever at a US corporation. Only a few CEOs have ever made more money in one year, including Oracle s CEO Larry Ellison, who received $706 million in 2001, and former Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner, who got $570 million in 1998.

CEO mansions and stock price

What happens when the CEO buys a mansion? The stock price collapses, according to a new study.

Are celebrity CEOs really worth big bucks?

Are celebrity CEOs really worth it. Studies show the share price of their companies actually go down because of the weight of celebrity . But when it comes to their own pay packet, the celebrity status pays off big time for the CEO.