英文摘要 |
Resource dependency theory postulates that boards of directors with experiential expertise and informed knowledge can provide intelligent insights and pertinent information to improve the quality of decision making on the part of firms. While this argument has received great theoretical attention and acceptance, the direct link between board experience and outcomes of corporate strategies has been scarcely examined. With the findings from firms' investments in international acquisitions, this study contributes to the literature on board effectiveness by systematically investigating how the directors' experience, and resulting expertise, influence the outcomes of a firm's strategic initiatives. The result shows both directors' experience garnered in international acquisitions in general, and those specifically related to the target firm's country, can significantly improve a firm's acquisition performance. Besides, both the acquiring firms' cultural distance from the target firms, and their own acquisition experience, significantly moderate the contingent value of board experience. Both short term announcement effects and long run operating performance are assessed to derive robust findings. |