Purpose: Within the context of mergers and acquisitions, the purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between the deal initiator and various outcomes of the deal, particularly in consideration of the cash position of the acquiring firm. Design/methodology/approach: Using...

Purpose: This paper explores the effects of US President Donald Trump's Twitter messages (tweets) on the stock prices of media and non-media companies. Design/methodology/approach: The authors’ empirical analysis considers all Twitter messages posted by Donald Trump from May 26, 2016 (the...

Purpose: This paper investigates whether financial factors, which are presumed to influence an airline's maintenance, purchasing, and training policies, are associated with the air carrier's safety performance. Design/methodology/approach: In this paper, we employ a series of univariate and...