Who is Entrepreneurial? Evidence from Late Bloomer Firms with M&A strategies

51 Pages Posted: 30 Sep 2021 Last revised: 1 Oct 2021

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Magnus Blomkvist

EDHEC Business School

Nebojsa Dimic

University of Vaasa

Sofia Johan

Florida Atlantic University - Finance; University of Vaasa; Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)

Milos Vulanovic

EDHEC Business School

Date Written: October 9, 2020

Abstract

The literature considers firms seeking finance through an initial public offering (IPO) as entrepreneurial. But are they? We hypothesize that firms in the latter stage of industry life-cycle, or late bloomer firms as less innovative, proactive, and risk-taking, signal entrepreneurial orientation with competitively aggressive M&A strategies. They strategically time an IPO to mitigate adverse selection. Analyzing U.S. data, we find that late bloomer firms are 54% more likely to engage in M&As four years following an IPO and acquire 42% faster following the IPO. This M&A pattern is more pronounced at the time of, and among firms with, capital constraints.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial orientation, Entrepreneurial posturing, Sustainable Competitive Advantage, Competitive aggressiveness, IPO, Mergers and Acquisitions, Industry Lifecycle, Resource Advantage.

JEL Classification: L10, L250, G34, G32

Suggested Citation

Blomkvist, Magnus and Dimic, Nebojsa and Johan, Sofia A. and Vulanovic, Milos, Who is Entrepreneurial? Evidence from Late Bloomer Firms with M&A strategies (October 9, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3708434 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3708434

Magnus Blomkvist

EDHEC Business School ( email )

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Nebojsa Dimic

University of Vaasa ( email )

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Sofia A. Johan (Contact Author)

Florida Atlantic University - Finance ( email )

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Milos Vulanovic

EDHEC Business School ( email )

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