Is There a Relationship between Social Executives and Firms' Mergers and Acquisition Decisions: An Empirical Study Based on Twitter

Qiping Wang; Raymond Yiu-Keung Lau

Is There a Relationship between Social Executives and Firms' Mergers and Acquisition Decisions: An Empirical Study Based on Twitter

Department of Information Systems

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between senior executives' presence on online social media and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decisions. Our empirical results derived from the difference-in-difference analysis suggest that the presence of social executives on social media improves M&A decisions (likelihood and frequency). Interestingly, we find that executive age negatively moderates this relationship such that younger social executives are more likely to undertake M&As than their older peers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PACIS 2020 Proceedings
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7336325-3-9
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020
Event	24th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2020) - Virtual conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Duration: 20 Jun 2020 → 24 Jun 2020 https://www.pacis2020.org/

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Information Systems (IS) for the Future, PACIS

Conference

Conference	24th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2020)
Abbreviated title	PACIS 2020
Country/Territory	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Period	20/06/20 → 24/06/20
Internet address	https://www.pacis2020.org/

Bibliographical note

Full text of this publication does not contain sufficient affiliation information. With consent from the author(s) concerned, the Research Unit(s) information for this record is based on the existing academic department affiliation of the author(s).

Research Keywords

Executive age
Mergers and acquisitions
Social executives

Access Output

https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2020/8/

Other Access Options

Check CityUHK Library

Permanent Link

Right click to copy link

Cite this

Wang, Q., & Lau, R. Y.-K. (2020). Is There a Relationship between Social Executives and Firms' Mergers and Acquisition Decisions: An Empirical Study Based on Twitter. In PACIS 2020 Proceedings Article 8 (Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Information Systems (IS) for the Future, PACIS). Association for Information Systems. https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2020/8/

@inproceedings{e8d0068dac1640a8a6ad42dbfbbb653a,

title = "Is There a Relationship between Social Executives and Firms' Mergers and Acquisition Decisions: An Empirical Study Based on Twitter",

abstract = "This study examines the relationship between senior executives' presence on online social media and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decisions. Our empirical results derived from the difference-in-difference analysis suggest that the presence of social executives on social media improves M&A decisions (likelihood and frequency). Interestingly, we find that executive age negatively moderates this relationship such that younger social executives are more likely to undertake M&As than their older peers.",

keywords = "Executive age, Mergers and acquisitions, Social executives, Executive age, Mergers and acquisitions, Social executives, Executive age, Mergers and acquisitions, Social executives",

author = "Qiping Wang and Lau, {Raymond Yiu-Keung}",

note = "Full text of this publication does not contain sufficient affiliation information. With consent from the author(s) concerned, the Research Unit(s) information for this record is based on the existing academic department affiliation of the author(s).; 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2020), PACIS 2020 ; Conference date: 20-06-2020 Through 24-06-2020",

year = "2020",

month = jun,

language = "English",

isbn = "978-1-7336325-3-9",

series = "Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Information Systems (IS) for the Future, PACIS",

publisher = "Association for Information Systems",

booktitle = "PACIS 2020 Proceedings",

address = "United States",

url = "https://www.pacis2020.org/",

}

Wang, Q & Lau, RY-K 2020, Is There a Relationship between Social Executives and Firms' Mergers and Acquisition Decisions: An Empirical Study Based on Twitter. in PACIS 2020 Proceedings., 8, Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Information Systems (IS) for the Future, PACIS, Association for Information Systems, 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2020), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20/06/20. <https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2020/8/>

Is There a Relationship between Social Executives and Firms' Mergers and Acquisition Decisions: An Empirical Study Based on Twitter. / Wang, Qiping ; Lau, Raymond Yiu-Keung.
PACIS 2020 Proceedings. Association for Information Systems, 2020. 8 (Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Information Systems (IS) for the Future, PACIS).

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

TY - GEN

T1 - Is There a Relationship between Social Executives and Firms' Mergers and Acquisition Decisions

T2 - 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2020)

AU - Wang, Qiping

AU - Lau, Raymond Yiu-Keung

N1 - Full text of this publication does not contain sufficient affiliation information. With consent from the author(s) concerned, the Research Unit(s) information for this record is based on the existing academic department affiliation of the author(s).

PY - 2020/6

Y1 - 2020/6

N2 - This study examines the relationship between senior executives' presence on online social media and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decisions. Our empirical results derived from the difference-in-difference analysis suggest that the presence of social executives on social media improves M&A decisions (likelihood and frequency). Interestingly, we find that executive age negatively moderates this relationship such that younger social executives are more likely to undertake M&As than their older peers.

AB - This study examines the relationship between senior executives' presence on online social media and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decisions. Our empirical results derived from the difference-in-difference analysis suggest that the presence of social executives on social media improves M&A decisions (likelihood and frequency). Interestingly, we find that executive age negatively moderates this relationship such that younger social executives are more likely to undertake M&As than their older peers.

KW - Executive age

KW - Mergers and acquisitions

KW - Social executives

KW - Executive age

KW - Mergers and acquisitions

KW - Social executives

KW - Executive age

KW - Mergers and acquisitions

KW - Social executives

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089129325&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089129325&origin=recordpage

M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)

SN - 978-1-7336325-3-9

T3 - Proceedings of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Information Systems (IS) for the Future, PACIS

BT - PACIS 2020 Proceedings

PB - Association for Information Systems

Y2 - 20 June 2020 through 24 June 2020

ER -

Is There a Relationship between Social Executives and Firms' Mergers and Acquisition Decisions: An Empirical Study Based on Twitter

Abstract

Publication series

Conference

Bibliographical note

Research Keywords

Access Output

Other Access Options

Permanent Link

Other Files and Links

Fingerprint

Cite this