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Exploring the Third Type of Agency Problem: An Empirical Study of the Impact of Debt Suspension Programmes on SMEs’ Resource Allocations 探索第三类代理问题：债务中止计划对中小企业资源分配影响的实证研究

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2024-01-18 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12795

Riccardo Savio, Franceso Castellaneta, Silvio Vismara, Alessandro Zattoni

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Why Avoid Participating in an Accelerator? Countersignalling by High-Quality FinTech Ventures 为什么要避免参与加速器？高质量金融科技风险企业的反信号

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2024-01-14 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12793

Oliver Browne, Douglas Cumming, Mark C. Hutchinson, Samuel N. Kirshner, Philip O'Reilly

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Climate Change Exposure and Bankruptcy Risk 气候变化风险和破产风险

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2024-01-05 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12792

Fan Feng, Liyan Han, Jiayu Jin, Youwei Li

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Advancing Research Methodologies in Management: Revisiting Debates, Setting New Grounds for Pluralism 推进管理学研究方法：重温辩论，为多元化奠定新基础

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12791

Michael Christofi, Elias Ηadjielias, Mathew Hughes, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki

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Media Coverage and Bond Covenants: Evidence from China 媒体报道与债券契约：来自中国的证据

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-12-28 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12790

Lu Deng, Ping Jiang, Peigong Li, Wanwan Zhu

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Visualizing Embodied Experiences: Drawing as a Form of Reflective Inquiry Informed by Gestalt Art Therapy 具象化体验：绘画作为一种以格式塔艺术疗法为基础的反思性探究形式

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-12-22 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12787

Miikka J. Lehtonen

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From Negative Emotions to Personal Growth: Failure and Re-entry into Entrepreneurship 从负面情绪到个人成长：失败与再创业

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-12-17 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12785

Adam Shore, Luke Pittaway, Thomas Bortolotti

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The Effect of Foreign Divestment on Subsequent Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of Spatial and Temporal Dispersion of Prior Divestment Experience 外资撤资对企业后续绩效的影响：先前撤资经历的时空分散性的调节作用

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-12-15 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12786

Georgios Batsakis, Alexander Mohr, Palitha Konara, Christos Koritos

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Stock Price Crash Risk and the Market for Corporate Control 股价暴跌风险与公司控制权市场

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12782

Nicholas F. Carline, Yang Gao, Jing-Ming Kuo

{"title":"Stock Price Crash Risk and the Market for Corporate Control","authors":"Nicholas F. Carline, Yang Gao, Jing-Ming Kuo","doi":"10.1111/1467-8551.12782","DOIUrl":"10.1111/1467-8551.12782","url":null,"abstract":"Recent studies suggest that greater exposure to the market for corporate control matters for managers and shareholders since it affects firms’ ex-post risk of experiencing a stock price crash. The findings though question the direction of the effect. In contrast, in this study, we are the first to examine the effects of firms’ ex-ante risk of experiencing a stock price crash, a likely antecedent of which is managers’ concealment of news on aspects of the market for corporate control. We find that higher crash risk leads to greater takeover target likelihood. This relationship, which is robust to duly circumventing reverse causality, depends to a significant extent on inferior managerial quality and greater managerial discretion around financial accruals, affording richer insight into the notion that correction of managerial behaviour is a stimulus for the market for corporate control, but one that depends on the likely extent of managers’ concealment of news. We also concurrently find that actual takeover targets with higher crash risk generate a lower bid premium and receive more payment with stock. Overall, our findings strongly suggest that decision-making in the market for corporate control is at least partially explained by incentives linked to opportunistic prices and takeovers of lemons.","PeriodicalId":48342,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1467-8551.12782","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138580411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Blockchain-Based Governance: Implications for Organizational Boundaries and Structures 基于区块链的治理:对组织边界和结构的影响

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British Journal of Management Pub Date : 2023-12-04 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12784

Shubham Singh, Ajai Gaur, Deeksha Singh

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