 
Fourth Annual Cass Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre Conference
The Mergers & Acquisitions Research Centre at Cass Business School hosted the Fourth Annual M&A Research Centre Conference on Monday 19 August 2019 at Cass Business School, London.
Programme
Monday 19 August 2019
      
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      Room N216 a/b, Aldersgate Building- Registration with coffee and pastries
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      Conference opening
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      Session 1: Session Chair: Anh Tran
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      “The Anatomy of Acquirer Returns”
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      “Stakeholder Orientation and Firm Value”
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      Morning coffee break
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      Session 2: Session Chair: Robert Dam
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      “Buyer Power and Horizontal Mergers: Evidence from Plant-Level Input Prices and Supply Contracts”
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      “Acquisition Prices and the Measurement of Intangible Capital”
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      Lunch- Acting Dean and Professor of Finance at Cass Business School, Paolo Volpin, will give a brief welcome and introduction to the keynote speaker at the end of the lunch session.
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      Keynote speech- “Geopolitics in M&A”
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      Afternoon coffee break
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      Session 3: Session Chair: Navin Chopra
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      “Time Zone Difference and Employee Coordination: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions”
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      “Listing Gaps, Merger Waves, and the Privatization of American Equity Finance”
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      “Inside the “Black Box” of Private Merger Negotiations”
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Closing remarks
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Conference close
Dinner: by invitation for presenters, discussants and session chairs
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          Zhaoran Gong
      
                  
            
                    
      
      
      
      
      
    Zhaoran Gong
      Tingting Liu
Professor of Finance
      Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee
      
                            Research Member
  
        
      
      
      
      
    Contact
 
    Lucy Green
      Cass Business School
       
 
 
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
