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BOARDOFDIRECTOR
INFLUENCEAND
ORGANIZATIONAL
PERFORMANCEIN
ENTREPRENEURIALFIRMS:
MEDIATINGAND
MODERATINGEFFECTS
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K.MatthewGilley,OklahomaStateUniversity
JosephE.Coombs,JamesMadisonUniversity
RogerH.Ford,VietnamNationalUniversity
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BOARDCOMPOSITION,BOARDINFLUENCE,ANDFIRM
PERFORMANCE
RESEARCHMETHOD
RESULTS
DISCUSSIONANDCONCLUSIONS
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ABSTRACT
Thisresearchexaminestheextenttowhichboardmembersinfluence
overfirmsstrategicissuesmediatestheeffectsofboardcomposition
ontheperformanceofaselectgroupofhighgrowth,privatefirms.In
addition,moderatingeffectsoforganizationalcharacteristicsonthe
boardinfluencefirmperformancerelationshipareexamined.As
predicted,boardstrategicinfluencemediatestheeffectsofboard
compositiononperformance.Inaddition,therelationshipbetween
directorinfluenceandfirmperformanceiscontingentontheageof
thefirmsuchthattheinfluenceofinsidersismoreimportanttothe
performanceofolder,moreestablishedfirmswhileoutsiderswere
foundtobemoreimportanttotheperformanceofyoungerfirms.
INTRODUCTION
Publicfirmsmakeuplessthan1percentofthetotalpopulationof
firmsintheUnitedStates.Despitethis,mostresearchexaminingfirm
leveldeterminantsofperformancehavefocusedonpublicfirms,and
largepublicfirmsinparticular.Thisisespeciallytrueofcorporate
governanceresearchwherefewstudieshavespecificallyexploredthe
roleofboardsofdirectorsinprivatefirms(Ford,1988Robinson,
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