The Journal of Management Studies is a leading peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1963 and is included in the prestigious Financial Times 50 journal list. The journal publishes both conceptual and empirical papers in the field of management. Specific areas of focus include, organizational theory and behaviour, strategic management, human resource management, and cross-cultural comparisons of organizational effectiveness. The research article was written together with Marc Kowalzick, Jochim Lauterbach and Yi Tang and puts a spotlight the firm-level performance implications of overconfidence biases of CEOs. It is now accepted for publication at the Journal of Management Studies.