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Multi-market Simultaneous Search and Financial Crisis
We model multi-market simultaneous search (MMSS) and find that MMSS imposes a particular type of negative externality on other searchers because offers are more likely to be rejected

Chao He, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Monday, December 5, 2016 | 2:00pm-3:30pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Multi-market simultaneous search, Financial crisis

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Legacies of the Past: Sources of the Uneven Landscape of Corporate Political Activity across Chinese Cities
​This study examines the influence of city-level ‘socialist logic’ legacy on the probability and degree of formal corporate political activity (CPA) undertaken by Chinese private firms

Cuifen Weng, University of New South Wales

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Room 333, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Legacy, Corporate political activity

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More than Skin-deep? Analysts’ Beauty and Their Performance
We extend the research on the interaction between financial analysts and firm management by examining whether a predetermined attribute of analysts, namely their physical attractiveness affects their information acquisition and job performance

Yong (George) Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 | 2:00pm-3:30pm | Room 333, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Financial analysts, Firm management, Physical attractiveness, Performance

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Equity-Credit Modeling for Contingent Convertibles
Contingent convertibles are characterized by forced equity conversion under accounting trigger, which occurs when the capital ratio of the issuing bank falls below some contractual threshold

Yue Kuen Kwok, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Thursday, November 17, 2016 | 4:00pm-5:00pm | Room 401, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Coco bonds, Conversion triggers, Parisian feature, Fortet method

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Productivity Spillover through IT Labor Mobility from Software Platform Providers
The software industry is unique in terms of its “platform economics” where a few software giants control key technology platforms e g , Microsoft Windows, upon which other software firms build complementary products

Chunmian Ge, South China University of Technology

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 | 2:00pm-3:30pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Productivity spillover, IT labor mobility,Software platform providers

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The Role of Stock Liquidity in Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment
We examine how stock liquidity affects acquisitions Relying on a simple model, we hypothesize that liquidity enhances acquirer stock as acquisition currency, especially when target is less liquid

Sheng Huang, Singapore Management University

Monday, October 31, 2016 | 2:00pm-3:30pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Stock liquidity, Mergers and acquisitions, Russell index reconstitution

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Do Long-Term Institutional Investors Foster Corporate Innovation?
This paper examines the effect of institutional investors’ investment horizons on firms’ innovation activities

Kyojik Song, Sungkyunkwan University

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 | 2:00pm-3:30pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Innovation, Patent, Institutional investor, Investment horizon

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Rational Imprecision: Information-Processing, Neural, and Choice-Rule Perspectives
People make mistakes A rationally imprecise decision maker optimally balances the cost of reducing mistakes against the value of choosing correctly

Adam Brandenburger, New York University

Thursday, September 29, 2016 | 3:30pm-5:00pm | Room 335, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Rational imprecision, Information-Processing, Neural

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Front End Planning of New Product Development Projects
Conventional wisdom suggests that a well-planned and organized launch can improve the probability of success of new product development

Avraham Shtub, Technion Israel Institute of Technology

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 | 2:00pm-3:30pm | Room 337, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Front end, Product development project

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A Knowledge-Based Framework of Innovation Strategy: The Differential Effect of Knowledge Sources
Using an exploration–exploitation framework, this study examines how firms’ innovation strategies rely on different knowledge sources (own-generated, bought-in, and codeveloped) that affect innovation performance

Zhijian Cui, IE Business School in Madrid

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 | 10:30am-12:00pm | Room 329, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Exploration–exploitation framework, Innovation strategy, Knowledge sources

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