Roberto Ragozzino, PhD

Full Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Selected Published Papers (with PDF files)

Implications of Mergers and Acquisitions For Information Disclosures in Earnings Calls. Long Range Planning, forthcoming (with Reuer, J.)

Not Like the Rest of Us? How CEO Celebrity Affects Quarterly Earnings Call Language. 2024. Journal of Management, Vol. 50(4): 1198-1229 (with Pollock, T. & Blevins, D.)

Corporate Governance and Performance in Nonprofit Organizations. 2022. Strategic Organization, Vol. 20(2): 293-317 (with Blevins, D. & Eckardt, R.)

An Investigation of the Attention Effects of Venture Capitalist Backing on Entrepreneurial Firms. 2021. Long Range Planning, Vol. 54(3) (with Blevins, D.)

An Examination of the Effects of Venture Capitalists on the Alliance Formation Activity of Entrepreneurial Firms. 2018. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 39(7): 2075-2091 (with Blevins, D.)

Venture-Backed Firms: How Does Venture Capital Involvement Affect Their Likelihood of Going Public or Being Acquired? 2016. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Vol. 40(5): 991-1016 (with Blevins, D.)

 

How the JOBS Act is Reshaping IPOs: Implications for Entrepreneurial Firms. 2017. Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 31(2): 109-123 (with Blevins, D., & Reuer, J.)

 

Real Options in Strategy and Finance. Current Gaps and Future Linkages. 2016. Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 30(4): 428-440 (with Reuer, J., & Trigeorgis, L.)

 

Signals and International Alliance Formation: The Roles of Affiliations and International Activities. 2014. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol.45(3): 321-337 (with Reuer, J.)

 

When Theory Doesn’t Meet Practice: Do Firms Really Stage Their Investments? 2014. Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 28(1): 22-37 (with Moschieri, C.)


The Choice between Joint Ventures and Acquisitions: Insights from Signaling Theory. 2012. Organization Science, Vol. 23(4): 1175-1190 (with Reuer, J.)

 

Geographic Distance and Corporate Acquisitions: Signals from IPO Firms. 2011. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 32(8): 876-894 (with Reuer, J.)

 

The Effects of Geographic Distance on the Foreign Acquisition Activity of U.S. Firms. 2009. Management International Review, Vol. 49(4): 509-535

 

Contingent Earnouts in Acquisitions of Privately-Held Targets. 2009. Journal of Management, Vol. 35(4): 857-879 (with Reuer, J.)

 

Alliance Dynamics for Entrepreneurial Firms. 2008. Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 45(1): 147-168 (with Ariño, A., & Reuer, J.)


Agency Hazards and Alliance Portfolios. 2006. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 27(1): 27-43 (with Reuer, J.)

 

Mitigating Risk in International Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of Contingent Payouts. 2004. Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 35(1): 19-32 (with Reuer, J., & Shenkar, O.)

Working Papers

Gender Differences in Earnings Calls: A Hard Look at the Evidence (with Blevins, D., Hoobler, J., Ingram, A., & Ridge, J.)

 

Earnings Calls, Performance and the Environmental Debate: Do Things Add Up? (with DesJardine, M., & Hittmair, F.)

 

Are We Making the Most of Hypothesis Testing in Management Research? (with Blevins, D., & Skandera, D.)

 

A Study of Early-Stage Environmental Entrepreneurship in the Politically Divided USA (with Hill, A., & Hittmair, F.)


Do Firms Share Information about International Strategy with Their Shareholders? (with Reuer, J. & Jian, F.)