Does Long-Term Earnings Guidance Mitigate Managerial Myopia?

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Call ◽  
Shuping Chen ◽  
Adam M. Esplin ◽  
Bin Miao
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Guidance ◽  
Managerial Myopia

The sustainable executive: antecedents of managerial long-term orientation

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dietmar Sternad ◽  
James J. Kennelly
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Level ◽  
Temporal Orientation ◽  
Managerial Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Managerial Myopia ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Sustainable Organizations ◽  
Short Termism

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain how managers incorporate long-term thinking in their decision-making processes as an antipode to a widely criticized managerial short-termism. For this purpose, the authors present a model of the influence of institutional, cultural and individual temporal factors on managerial long-term orientation (LTO). Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper is based on a multidisciplinary review of the literature on the causes of managerial LTO. Findings It is proposed that managerial LTO is influenced by cultural and institutional factors on both a societal and an organizational level, as well as by managers’ individual temporal predispositions and the strengths of relational commitments with different stakeholder groups. It is further expected that managerial LTO has an influence on sustainability-related managerial behavior. Practical implications As the presented model reveals the main factors that orient managers toward the long run in their decisions, it can also be used as a framework to evaluate policies to curb managerial myopia on both an organizational and a societal level. Social implications As sustainability is intrinsically linked with the ability to think and act in the long term, understanding the factors that influence managerial LTO can also contribute to building more sustainable organizations. Originality/value One of the main contributions of this paper is that it highlights the link between reciprocal relationships and LTO, an aspect that has not yet been the focus of the literature on the temporal orientation of managers.

scholarly journals Role of Foreign and Domestic Institutional Investors in Corporate Sustainability: Focusing on R&D Investment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilhang Shin ◽  
Sorah Park
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Managerial Myopia ◽  
D Investment

This paper examines the effects of ownership by foreign and domestic institutional investors on corporate sustainability by focusing on the level of research and development (R&D) investment. Long-term investment in R&D is crucial for companies that seek to generate sustainable growth. Ordinary least-squares regression is performed on a sample of Korean listed companies. The main test with both foreign and domestic institutional ownership is based on a study period from 2001 to 2004. The results indicate that firms with higher levels of foreign institutional ownership exhibit greater levels of corporate R&D activities, while the ownership by domestic institutions has no significant influence on firms’ R&D investment. An additional test with foreign institutional ownership data is based on an extended study period from 2001 to 2014, and shows that foreign institutional ownership is positively related to firms’ R&D investment. This result survives the two-stage instrumental variable approach used to address endogeneity factors in foreign institutional ownership. Taken together, these findings suggest that foreign institutions can effectively monitor managerial myopia and promote corporate innovations.

Earnings Guidance and Managerial Myopia

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Cheng ◽  
K.R. Subramanyam ◽  
Yuan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Guidance ◽  
Managerial Myopia

Characteristics and Implications of Long-Term Earnings Guidance

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Call ◽  
Adam M. Esplin ◽  
Bin Miao
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Earnings Guidance ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Operating Environments ◽  
Growth Forecasts

ABSTRACT We examine a form of voluntary disclosure that has received limited attention to date, namely, managers' long-term guidance for earnings three to five years in advance. We identify 1,739 long-term earnings forecasts issued by 295 unique firms from 2000 to 2012 and find that relative to firms that issue only short-term earnings guidance, those that also issue long-term guidance are larger, have more certain operating environments, and are followed by analysts who are more likely to issue long-term growth forecasts. Long-term guidance is informative to investors and analysts incorporate the news contained in these forecasts into their own long-term growth forecasts. We also document that the issuance of long-term guidance is associated with more (less) investor focus on long-term (short-term) earnings news. Last, we find mixed evidence on the association between long-term guidance and real earnings management decisions. Our study adds to the literature on managers' voluntary disclosure choices. Data Availability: Data are available from the public sources cited in the text. JEL Classifications: G17; M41.

Costly trade, managerial myopia, and long-term investment

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig W. Holden ◽  
Leonard L. Lundstrum
Keyword(s):  
Managerial Myopia

Foreign Institutional Ownership and R&D Activities: Evidence from High-tech French Firms

2020 ◽  
pp. 097215092097812
Author(s):  
Sami Gharbi ◽  
Hidaya Othmani
Keyword(s):  
Firm Value ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Dynamic Panel Data ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Managerial Myopia ◽  
Risky Investment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
D Investment

Foreign institutional investors hold over one-fifth of the total market value of the French stock market. Thus, it is important to analyse their influence on corporate investment decisions. This study investigates the impact of foreign institutional ownership on R&D activities. We examine whether these investors enhance or impede R&D investment intensity. Dynamic panel data analysis is applied to a sample of listed French high-tech firms over the period 2008–2014. Our results show that foreign institutional ownership encourages R&D investment while domestic institutional ownership dampens it. Foreign institutional ownership can act as a monitoring mechanism that reduces managerial myopia and encourages long-term and risky investment to enhance firm value.

Annual Earnings Guidance and the Smoothing of Analysts’ Multi-Period Forecasts

2020 ◽  
pp. 0148558X2094557
Author(s):  
Jianchuan Luo ◽  
Joshua Ronen ◽  
Ron Shalev ◽  
Michael (Minye) Tang
Keyword(s):  
Capital Market ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Analyst Forecasts ◽  
Earnings Guidance ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Earnings Expectations ◽  
Analyst Earnings ◽  
Annual Earnings ◽  
Market Benefits

This article examines the use of annual earnings guidance as a mechanism used by managers to reduce the volatility of analyst earnings forecasts and allow them to report smooth earnings without missing quarterly analyst forecasts. Facing the pressure to meet or beat analyst forecasts and driven by the perceived capital market benefits of reporting a smooth earnings path, managers attempting to influence investors’ earnings expectations over a longer horizon can issue annual guidance to smooth the time-series path of analyst forecasts, a strategy we term as “expectation smoothing.” Our empirical results suggest that annual guidance reduces the volatility of analysts’ multi-period forecasts, which in turn contributes to a smoother actual earnings and higher likelihood of meeting analysts’ quarterly forecasts. We also find that issuing quarterly guidance does not affect the smoothness of analysts’ earnings expectations and that managers with longer horizons are more likely to issue annual guidance, consistent with the unique long-term effects of annual earnings guidance.

The Effect of Bonus Deferral on Managers' Investment Decisions

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-49
Author(s):  
Mandy M. Cheng ◽  
Tami Dinh ◽  
Wolfgang Schultze ◽  
Maria Assel
Keyword(s):  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Managerial Compensation ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Managerial Myopia ◽  
Bonus Payments ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT We examine the impact of deferred bonus payments and employment horizon on managers' investment decisions. Bonus deferral is an important element of compensation schemes designed to mitigate managers' tendency to avoid long-term investments that can reduce their bonuses, i.e., the problem of managerial myopia. Consistent with construal-level theory in the psychology literature, we find that bonus deferral increases managers' willingness to make an investment that has detrimental effects on their current bonus but that provides long-term benefits to the firm. This is driven by managers placing greater importance on their responsibilities for advancing their firm's long-term interests and on improving their reputations within their firms. These mediation effects are moderated by participants' employment horizon. Our study contributes to the debate on effective managerial compensation by showing that a simple deferral of bonus payments can reduce the negative consequences related to managerial myopia. JEL Classifications: M40; M41. Data Availability: Data are available from the authors upon request.

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