Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 24, 2017
We attempted to account for factors such as this in order to isolate the impact of a CEO with a law degree. One measure we used was current accruals, where managers accelerate recognition of revenues and delay recognition of expenses. Lawyers were much less aggressive in accrual accounting relative to industry levels.
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