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Acquisitions | Peer-Reviewed Research

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What Happens To Shareholders When A CEO Fails To Be Named Top Dog?

Illustrated by Nick Anderson. Based on research by Yan Anthea Zhang, Robert E. Hoskisson and Wei Shi. 

What Happens To Shareholders When A CEO Fails To Be Named Top Dog?

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Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, Nick Anderson depicts the troubling results of a study by Rice Business professor Yan Anthea Zhang and Robert E. Hoskisson.  

Cartoon: Poodle wins dog competition

 

Read the research: Shi, W., Zhang, Y. A., & Hoskisson, R. E. (2017). Ripple effects of CEO awards: Investigating the acquisition activities of superstar CEOs’ competitors. Strategic Management Journal, 38(10), 2080-2102.


Yan Anthea Zhang is Fayez Sarofim Vanguard Chair Professor of Strategic Management at Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. 

Robert E. Hoskisson is the George R. Brown Professor of Management at Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University.

Nick Anderson is a Pultizer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

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