Cambridge Business magazine: Optimism pays for stock-based acquisitions
‘Significantly positively biased’ earnings forecasts reduce bid premiums and boost chance of quick merger completion, finds study co-authored at Cambridge Judge. “We found that earnings forecasts by bidders positively affect perceptions of target shareholders, reducing bid premiums, but also positively…
The Conversation: How merger optimism feeds investors a comforting tale of bumper earnings
It pays to be optimistic if you’re a company swallowing up another firm in a stock-based acquisition, according to a study co-authored by Amir Amel-Zadeh, University Lecturer in Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School. Amir analysed nearly 500 of the…
It pays to be optimistic
'Significantly positively biased' earnings forecasts reduce bid premiums and boost chance of quick merger completion, finds study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School. It pays to be optimistic if you're a company swallowing up another firm in a stock-based acquisition,…
Cambridge Network: Cambridge Judge academics scoop best paper award
An article about the recent financial crisis co-authored by Geoff Meeks, Professor of Financial Accounting, and Amir Amel-Zadeh, University Lecturer in Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, won the Annual Manuscript Award for the best article published in 2013 in…
Cambridge Judge academics scoop best paper award
Two academics from Cambridge Judge Business School have won an award for their co-authored paper. An article about the recent financial crisis co-authored by Geoff Meeks, Professor of Financial Accounting, and Amir Amel-Zadeh, University Lecturer in Finance at Cambridge Judge…
Cambridge News: Seven-year study reveals those less likely to be taken over
Research co-authored by Dr Amir Amel-Zadeh, University Lecturer in Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, says that firms which restate financial results are less likely to become takeover targets that non-restating ones.
The Independent: Government can benefit from business’s expertise – but clear focus is required
I saw some research this week carried out jointly by the Cambridge Judge Business School over a seven-year period which turns on its head the idea that companies become vulnerable to a bid when accounting problems blow up. It seems…
IFA Magazine: Firms that restate results may look vulnerable but are far less likely to become takeover targets
A paper co-authored by Dr Amir Amel-Zadeh, University Lecturer in Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, says 'higher information risk' scares off would-be acquirers of restating companies. Read the full article [ifamagazine.com]…
Restating firms less likely to receive takeover bids
'Higher information risk' scares off would-be acquirers of restating companies, says paper co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School. Companies that restate financial results may look weak, shaky or plagued by poor accounting, but such firms are in fact "significantly less…
Harvard Law School Forum: Does fair value accounting contribute to procyclical leverage?
Dr Amir Amel-Zadeh, University Lecturer in Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, together with co-authors Mary Barth, Professor of Accounting at Stanford University, and Wayne Landsman, Professor of Accounting at the University of North Carolina, published a new paper. The authors…