Stability of executive teams, corporate financialization, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Cen Cai, Limiao He and Jialian Wen

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2025, vol. 100, issue C

Abstract: In the backdrop of accelerating global economic integration, cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have emerged as a crucial strategy for firms to penetrate international markets and secure strategic assets. Utilizing microdata from Chinese listed companies spanning from 2008 to 2022, this study delves into the underlying mechanisms through which executive team stability and corporate financialization influence cross-border M&A outcomes. The findings indicate that executive team stability exerts a notably positive influence on cross-border M&A: a more stable executive team correlates with a higher success rate and shorter completion time for these transactions. This positive effect demonstrates considerable variation across different industry sectors. Conversely, corporate financialization is found to negatively impact the success rate of cross-border M&A, although its influence on the completion time is insignificant. Moreover, the study unveils that corporate financialization acts as a negative moderator in the relationship between executive team stability and the success rate of cross-border M&A, with this moderating effect exhibiting significant disparities between strategic resource-based industries and non-strategic resource-based industries.

Keywords: Executive team stability; Corporate financialization; Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2025.104124

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