Program

Day 1, April 26

13:00  Registration & Lunch

14:00  Symposium
Welcome remarks Lars Strannegård, President, Stockholm School of Economics

Programmatic M&A: Building a business through sequential acquisitions
Key note speakers Moni Miyashita (Partner Innosight, formerly VP of M&A IBM) and Gordon Phillips (USC Marshall)
Panel discussion to follow

De-biasing M&A decision making: Ensuring M&A decisions are sound and free from institutional biases
Key note speakers Rima Qureshi (CSO Ericsson) and Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley)
Panel discussion to follow

18:00 Cocktails & Dinner

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Day 2, April 27

08:30-09:15 The Making of Hawks and Doves

Presenter: Ulrike Malmendier (Berkeley)
Discussant: David Robinson (Duke)

 

09:30-10:15 Flexible Prices and Leverage

Presenter: Francesco D’Acunto (Maryland)
Discussant: Laurent Bach (SSE)

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10:15-10:30 Break

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10:30-11:15 The Decreasing Returns of Serial Acquirers around the World

Presenter: Andrew Karolyi (Cornell)
Discussant: Julien Sauvagnat (Bocconi)

 

11:15-12:00 Corporate Culture and M&A

Presenter: Franco Fiordelisi (Rome)
Discussant: Vikrant Vig (LBS)

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12:00-13:00 Lunch

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13:00-13:45 Labor-induced Technological Change: Evidence from Doing Business in China

Presenter: Elena Simintzi (UBC)
Discussant: Ramin Baghai (SSE)

 

13:45- 14:30 Playing it Safe? Managerial Preferences, Risk, and Agency Conflicts

Presenter: Todd Gormley (Wharton)
Discussant: Oliver Spalt (Tilburg)

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14:30-15:00 Break

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15:00-15:45 The Human Factor in Acquisitions: Cross-industry Labor Mobility and Corporate Diversification

Presenter: Geoffrey Tate (North Carolina)
Discussant: Daniel Metzger (SSE)

 

15:45-16:30 Why Does Size Matter So Much For Bidder Announcement Returns?

Presenter: Christoph Schneider (Mannheim)
Discussant: Dong Yan (SSE)

 

16:30-17:15 Merger Integration and Merger Success

Presenter: Gordon Philips (Dartmouth)
Discussant: Mariassunta Giannetti (SSE)