Browsing by Author "Fralich, Russell"

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    Acquisition premiums, CEO power, and the financial crisis 
    Fralich, Russell; Wang, Xuan; England, Allyson (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2014)
    What happens to acquisition price premiums when a powerful bidder CEO confronts a powerful CEO of the target firm? We examine the effect of relative power relationships between the CEOs of the bidder and target firms to ...

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    CEO prestige and acquisition likelihood 
    Fralich, Russell (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2012)
    From a six-year sample of S&P500 companies, we find evidence that the personal prestige of the acquiring firm’s CEO affects the likelihood of making an acquisition. We note distinct effects of prestige due to informal power ...

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    The effect of prestigious CEOs on strategic and operational risk-taking 
    Fralich, Russell; Qi, Carrie (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2011)
    Longitudinal data from the US cellular telecoms industry between 1991 and 2009 suggest that high prestige CEOs take higher risks in capital expenditures, and less risk with R&D expenditures. No relationship was found with ...

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    An evaluation on the drug repository landscape in Nova Scotia 
    Saunders, Suzanne Marie (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)
    In 2014, Canada spent $33.9 billion on medications. Extrapolating from the US, it is estimated $2.4 billion worth of medication go unused in Canada. Since 1997, at least 38 states have some form of medication reuse program, ...

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    A qualitative study : clinical marketing strategies for medical devices innovations that increase adoption in the USA 
    Smith, Victoria Jane (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)
    The medical device industry is a prominent and lucrative industry in the USA that benefits the country by both improving health and improving the economy. As this industry is heavily regulated, marketers in the medical ...

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    Reactions of powerful CEOs to accusations of illegal activity 
    Fralich, Russell; Garg, Naina (Atlantic Schools of Business, 2013)
    We examine how CEOs use power to address public accusations of illegal activity by the firm. Results from a sample of S&P500 firms are consistent with models of cognitive framing and circulation of power, and suggest that ...