A Rose by Any Other Name? Top Managers’ Given Name Commonality and Firm Growth Preferences
| 主讲人 |
Tao Chen |
简介 |
<p>This paper examines the relationship between top managers’ given-name commonality and firm growth preferences. External growth through acquisitions and internal growth through research and development (R&D) investments offer two channels for firms to achieve growth goals. Psychology research has shown that individuals with common given names may have developed high core self-evaluations. As top managers with strong self-evaluation are more prone to engage in quantum, large-stake investments (i.e., acquisitions) and less prone to allocate attention and firm resources to incremental investments (i.e., R&D investments), firms with a high percentage of top managers with common given names will exhibit a stronger preference for acquisitions over R&D investments in pursuing firm growth. Using a sample of S&P 1500 firms, we find supporting evidence that firms managed by a high percentage of top managers with common given names are positively associated with the number of acquisitions and the transaction value of acquisitions, but are negatively associated with R&D intensity. Our findings are robust to various robustness checks and endogeneity concerns.</p> |
| 时间 |
2016-06-03(Friday)16:40-18:00 |
地点 |
N303, Econ Building |
| 讲座语言 |
English |
主办单位 |
WISE & SOE |
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类型 |
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| 联系人信息 |
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主持人 |
Jiaquan Yao |
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| 主讲人简介 |
<p>Assistant Professor, College of Business (Nanyang Business School), Nanyang Technological University</p>
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期数 |
厦门大学金融经济学系列讲座2016春季学期第九讲（总第19讲） |
