“…Subsequently, the criterion of the weighted sum of factors by shared variance was applied, generating a new continuous variable for each CEO in each year analyzed (PwCEOit). The variable 𝐼𝐶𝑆𝐶𝐴 𝑖𝑡 was measured from 5 indicators (Table 2) considering educational, professional, and family aspects, based on previous studies (Dimitrova, 2017;Fracassi & Tate, 2012;Kang et al, 2018;Krishnan et al, 2011;McGuinness, 2016;Schmidt, 2015;Wilbanks et al, 2017, Ramos, 2020, Locatelli et al, 2021. The calculated index is established on a scale from 0 to 1, and the closer to 1, the greater the social tie between the CEO and the board.…”