We investigate the idea that firms' choices of M&A evaluation methods are influenced by two socio-political factors that arise in the behavioral theory of the firm-uncertainty and controversy. In doing so, we investigate boundary conditions between arguments that expect firms to use financial...

We extend investor sentiment literature and apply it to tactical portfolio allocation in the Korean stock market. We first construct a Korean investors' sentiment index by considering prior literature and expert opinions. Second, we investigate whether the index can predict both time series and...

Institutional sponsors increasingly seek outside help in investment management by delegating manager selection and capital allocation decisions to external lead managers. Whether this enhances performance, however, is yet to be examined. We fill the gap using a unique dataset of Korean...

We contribute to the emerging literature on strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its antecedents by undertaking a systematic analysis of the effect of rivalry on firm and industry CSR. We deal with the codetermination of competition and CSR by using instrumental variables in the...

This paper proposes an intuitive valuation framework based on the ideas of strategic management, regression, and portfolio theory. I call the framework the “Comparable Firm Finding Algorithm” (CFFA). The CFFA includes, as a special case, the Compara-ble Company Analysis (CCA), one of the...

We model the internal capital market of a conglomerate where headquarters must rely on information reported by division managers to allocate limited resources across competing projects. Managers may exaggerate project quality to attract more capital, which limits the extent of winner-picking in...