This paper takes a contingency approach to investigate whether there are market
performance variations for different types of M&A. Eight different types of M&A are identified …

Abstract Research Summary This article examines the association between ideology and
firm participation in sociopolitical activism. In particular, it focuses on the ideological …

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are important corporate events, shaping firm boundaries
and resulting in tremendous reallocation of resources. For example, firms spent over $57 …

We examine how sustainability divergences between acquirer and target firms affect the
deal timing in M&A transactions. Using a unique sample of 415 M&A deals from 2002 to …

This article examines the role of employee mobility network in influencing a firm's merger
and acquisition behavior. Specifically, we draw upon the social network perspective and …

Pressure from stakeholders has resulted in increased board gender diversity. Such diversity,
however, goes against the well-accepted concept of demographic homophily. In addition …

Integrating the diversity-as-separation perspective with the uncertainty-threat principle from
the field of political psychology, we introduce the notion of ideological separation in top …

This paper documents significant partisan divides across a range of corporate cultural
values. Using panel data of 2,424 S&P 1500 firms spanning the period from 2001 to 2018 …

Negative employee behaviors (eg, turnover and workplace deviance) can be pronounced
during cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As), and they are often linked to their …

Despite decades of globalization, organization studies have consistently found evidence of
community influences on firm behavior. In this study, we develop and test a nuanced theory …