The Price of a CEO's Rolodex

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Executive Networks and Firm Policies: Evidence from the Random Assignment of MBA Peers (2013, unknown): “Hallock (1997), Kirchmaier and Stathopoulos (2008), Hwang and Kim (2009), Barnea and Guedj (2010), and Engelberg, Gao, and Parsons (2010) find that the quality and size of an executive’s social network are predictive of compensation and firm performance.”
Urban Vibrancy and Corporate Growth (2015, unknown): “Indeed, CEOs and CFOs of large firms are disproportionately represented on corporate boards, civic organizations, local charities, and other social organizations that facilitate interactions with other top managers (Engelberg, Gao, and Parsons (2013)).”
CEO network centrality and merger performance (2015, background): “Engelberg et al. (2013) further show that CEOs command higher salaries if they are able to connect to executives or directors of other firms.”
Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance (2013, unknown): “monitoring efforts and shareholder wealth (Core, Holthausen, and Larcker (1999) and Fich and Shivdasani (2006)).”
Social Capital, Investments and External Financing (2015, unknown): “In addition, this study adds to the emerging literature on the effects of social capital on corporate decision-making and capital markets (e.g., Engelberg et al. 2012; Cai et al. 2012; Cai and Sevilir, 2012, Fracassi 2014).”