This paper provides an overview of the academic literature on the market for corporate
control, and focuses specifically on firms' performance around and after a takeover. Despite …

Inspired by the importance of environmental innovation to corporate sustainable
development, this study investigates whether and how the education levels of chief …

Purpose The role of chief executive officer (CEO) personal characteristics in shaping
corporate policies has attracted increasing academic attention in the past two decades. In …

This study addresses the questions of “How” and “When” CEO duality affects firm
performance from a developing country's perspective. To address the research question …

This paper investigates ex-ante factors influencing international bank acquisition of FinTech
companies from 2010–2018. Using hand-collected data, we show that bank boards with a …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a broad understanding of the pre-completion
stage and subsequent abandonment of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) …

Using a sample of 625 microfinance institutions (MFI) across 40 countries from 2010 to
2015, we empirically examine the effect of buffer capital on the performance of MFIs and …

We provide evidence that US firms have a significantly higher probability of acquiring targets
in countries where their CEOs have studied or worked. This finding is robust to alternative …

Abstract Research Question/Issue Using a unique hand‐collected dataset, this study
examines the role of chief executive officer (CEO) educational attainments in relation to …

This paper investigates the relationship between the education of a Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) and firm performance and provides robust evidence that firms led by CEOs with PhDs …