企业管理系学术讲座系列：2023（9）

时    间：2023年5月30日（周二） 14:00-15:30

地    点：史带楼410室

主持人：孙金云 副教授

主    题：Pandemic Attributes and Location Avoidance of Firm Acquisitions

主讲人：Jun Xia Professor，Jindal School of Management，The University of Texas at Dallas

嘉宾简介：

Jun Xia is a professor in management and strategy at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research interests include resource dependence and power, institutional theory, social networks, and corporate strategies. His work has been published in the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of management journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, and Organizational Research Methods. He is a Senior Editor of Management and Organization Review and a review board member of Academy of Management Review and Journal of International Business Studies.

摘    要：

From a threat avoidance perspective, this study develops new dimensions of external threats to examine the influence of pandemic attributes on the location choice of firm investments within a country. We conceptualize that a pandemic like Covid-19 can be characterized by its pervasiveness, volatility, and rhythm in a region. Integrating the threat-response literature and research on natural disasters, we propose that these pandemic characteristics in a region have negative impacts on the choice of that location for firm acquisition activities. We identify three corresponding mechanisms, pandemic spatial exposure, unpredictability, and constant exposure, to explain the relationships. Using a sample of U.S. public firms during the COVID-19 pandemic period, we found evidence supporting our predictions.      

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企业管理系

2023-5-26