Funding forms, market conditions and dynamic effects of government R&D Subsidies: Evidence from China
We examine various factors that influence the effects of government-subsidized research and development (R&D) progra

Di Guo, Hong Kong University

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM |Room 337, HSBC Business School

Keywords: government R&D program, firm productivity, dynamics, marketization, funding forms

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Are “Better” Ideas More Likely to Succeed? An Empirical Analysis of Startup Evaluation
This paper studies whether experienced entrepreneurs, executives, and investors can predictthe subsequent outcomes of

Erin Scott, National University of Singapore

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM |Room 337, HSBC Business School

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Are Investors More Likely to Make Mistakes under Fast-Thinking? Evidence from Peer-to-Peer Lending
Investment opportunities on internet-based P2P lending appear and disappear in a few minutes It provides

Jun Yang, Indiana University

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |Room 337, HSBC Business School

Keywords: Fast-thinking; System 1 Mistakes; P2P lending

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Financial Crises and Equilibrium Uniqueness in Global Games Models of Crises
We uncover a novel interaction between strategic uncertainty in coordinationgames of incomplete information - such

Myungkyu Shim, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM |Room 337, HSBC Business School

Keywords: Macroeconomics, Macroeconomic Theory, Labor Economics

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Resolving the Tension between Strategic CSR and Legitimacy: The Roles of Scope and Content Conformity
Recent CSR literature emphasize that firms benefit the most from strategic CSR, by customizing their CSR practices

Wang Heli, Singapore Management University

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM |Room 337, HSBC Business School

Keywords: Resource-Based Theory of the Firm and employee governance, Strategic Human Capital, Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics, Knowledge and Innovation

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Sum of All Black Scholes
This study considers pricing options under multivariate Black-Scholes models such as basket options, spread

Jaehyuk Choi, Investment Bank of Hong Kong

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |Room 337, HSBC Business School

Keywords: Quantitative finance, Mathematical modelling, Numerical methods, Data science

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Busy Directors, Stock Price Synchronicity, and Costs of Equity
We find that the occurrence, scope and busyness of busy directors can significantly increase firms’ stock price synchronicity with the market using the data of Chinese publicly listed firms

Yao Lu, Tsinghua University

Thursday, May 5, 2016 | 12:30pm-1:30pm |Room 331, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Busy directors, Stock price synchronicity, Costs of equity

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Initial Competence, Innovation Strategies, and Firm Growth
We examine the effects of differential initial competence within highly innovative startup firms on their innovation strategies and growth

Seungjoon Oh, PHBS

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 | 12:00pm-13:00pm |Room 331, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Initial competence, Innovation strategies, Firm growth

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Voluntary Fair Value Disclosures Beyond SFAS 157’s Three-Level Estimates
Fair value accounting, SFAS 157, voluntary disclosure, controls, information risk

Dr. Kevin Ow Yong, Singapore Management University

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM |Room 335 Keywords: Volun

Keywords: Voluntary Fair Value Disclosures Beyond SFAS 157’s Three-Level Estimates

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Institutional Bidding in IPA Allocation
Using a proprietary database of 123,819 bids by institutional investors for share allocations in 783 Chinese IPOs,

Xiaping Cao, Sun Yat Sen University

Monday, 9 May, 2016 | 2:00 - 3:30 PM |Room 337, HSBC Business School Building

Keywords: Dispersion, Divergence of opinion, Institutional investors, Initial public offering, IPO underpricing, China, Auction

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