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This paper presents the results of an experimental study of takeover auctions with toeholds. Consistent with the theory …
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high takeover threat. This study examines the effects of hostile takeover threats on managerial efforts to innovate. Our … results show that more active hostile takeover markets stifle managerial efforts in corporate innovation. The findings suggest … that managers tend to be more myopic when firms are exposed to hostile takeover threats. Managers will put less effort into …
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Our goal in this paper is to answer this research question: Do investors understand the longer-term value-implications of cross border mergers and acquisitions, as at the time of their announcements? We examine acquirers’ operating efficiencies around and after cross-border acquisitions and...
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This study examines the influence of founder characteristics on the selection of business growth strategies in companies undergoing an initial public offering (IPO). The research is based upon quantitative analysis of data from entrepreneur-led IPOs on the London Stock Exchange. The study...
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We present a model of startup acquisitions, which may give rise to inefficient "talent hoarding." We develop a model with two competing firms that can acquire and integrate (or "acquihire") a startup operating in an orthogonal market. Such an acquihire improves the competitiveness of the...
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implications for firms' management on the posturing contents featured in firm's letters to shareholders could expose to signal …
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We examine whether firms engage in classification shifting to meet performance targets during mergers and restructuring. Using a sample of listed firms that complete major asset restructuring and sign performance commitment agreements from 2008 to 2019, we find that during the commitment period,...
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, which leads to either financial gains or the takeover intention, under the influence of the target company's operational …
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We examine the relation between ownership structure and M&A target selection when family firms pursue public firm acquisitions. We find that family firm acquirers select targets that have lower Tobin’s Q relative to non-family acquirers. Our results suggest that family firms choose to acquire...
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