Nonprofits provide services for the common good and are having an increasing influence on the economy over time. There is consensus among prior studies in for-profit settings that social capital positively influences corporate financial performance. In contrast, this study analyzes the...

This study performs a cross-country comparison by examining the large samples of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in emerging markets (EMs). The underlying purpose is to investigate how market investors react to the M&A deals conducted by acquiring firms with different degrees of corporate...

This paper investigates the relationship between the employee-friendly practices of the acquiring firm and the acquisition performance. I find a positive relationship between employee friendliness of the acquirer and acquisition performance. Employee friendliness of the acquirer is also...

This study examines the impact of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on acquirers’ corporate social responsibility (CSR). Based on a sample of Chinese listed firms, we find that firms with cross-border M&A activities experience an improvement in subsequent CSR performance, and this...

During the 2008-2009 financial crisis, firms with high social capital, measured as corporate social responsibility (CSR) intensity, had stock returns that were four to seven percentage points higher than firms with low social capital. High-CSR firms also experienced higher profitability, growth,...

We investigate the effect of the community values surrounding a firm’s headquarters on the percentage of women on a firm’s board of directors. We use social capital, religiosity, and political affiliation measures to capture the values associated with the community norms. We find that firms...

This paper contributes to the corporate governance literature by developing and testing theory regarding positive and negative synergies between the CEO's and the board's human and social capital. Using a sample of 360 biotechnology firms that went public between 1995 and 2010, we demonstrate...

This study applies social capital theory to the ownership group in private firms. Extant research on ownership focuses primarily on the type or structure of ownership, whether as independent or control variable, to predict various firm effects. However, especially in the private firm, owners are...

This study examine the impact of Firm reputation and CEO Characteristics toward firm performance after corporate action acquisition and merger. This study also examines how CEO characteristics mediates firm reputation to maximize firm performance after acquisition. This research objectives are...