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- Influence
Globalizing the Boardroom - The Effects of Foreign Directors on Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
- Ronald W. Masulis, C. Wang, F. Xie
- Business
- 1 June 2012
We examine the benefits and costs associated with foreign independent directors (FIDs) at U.S. corporations. We find that firms with FIDs make better cross-border acquisitions when the targets are… Expand
When Firms Talk, Do Investors Listen? The Role of Trust in Stock Market Reactions to Corporate Earnings Announcements
- M. Pevzner, F. Xie, Xiangang Xin
- Economics, Business
- 14 December 2012
We examine whether the level of trust in a country affects investors' perception and utilization of information transmitted by firms through financial disclosure. Specifically, we investigate the… Expand
A Spatio-Temporal Understanding of Growth Regulation during the Salt Stress Response in Arabidopsis[W]
- Yu Geng, Rui Wu, +6 authors J. Dinneny
- Biology, Medicine
- Plant Cell
- 1 June 2013
This work uses time-lapse imaging and tissue-specific gene expression analysis to identify the key signaling pathways important for regulating dynamic changes in growth during the response of… Expand
Do Executive Stock Options Induce Excessive Risk Taking?
- Zhiyong Dong, Cong Wang, F. Xie
- Business
- 29 March 2010
We examine whether executive stock options can induce excessive risk taking by managers in firms’ security issue decisions. We find that CEOs whose wealth is more sensitive to stock return volatility… Expand
CircHIPK3 sponges miR‐558 to suppress heparanase expression in bladder cancer cells
- Y. Li, F. Zheng, +8 authors Guosong Jiang
- Biology, Medicine
- EMBO reports
- 9 August 2017
Increasing evidences suggest that circular RNAs (circRNAs) exert crucial functions in regulating gene expression. In this study, we perform RNA‐seq and identify 6,154 distinct circRNAs from human… Expand
Calibration of Highway Safety Manual Predictive Models for Oregon State Highways
- F. Xie, Kristie Gladhill, K. Dixon, C. Monsere
- Engineering
- 2011
The recently released Highway Safety Manual (HSM) published by AASHTO provides a comprehensive set of tools for evaluating and identifying opportunities to improve safety for highway facilities.… Expand
Calibrating the future highway safety manual predictive methods for Oregon state highways.
- K. Dixon, C. Monsere, F. Xie, Kristie Gladhill
- Engineering
- 1 February 2012
The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) was published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) in the spring of 2010. Volume 2 (Part C) of the HSM includes safety… Expand
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Do Corporate Venture Capitalists Add Value to Start‐Up Firms? Evidence from IPOs and Acquisitions of VC‐Backed Companies
Do corporate venture capitalists (CVCs) add value to startup companies? We present evidence that they do, but under one condition: when the startups have a strategic fit with the parent corporations… Expand
Signals of El Niño Modoki in the tropical tropopause layer and stratosphere
The effects of El Ni˜ no Modoki events on the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) and on the stratosphere were investigated using European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) reanalysis… Expand
Persistent shift of the Arctic polar vortex towards the Eurasian continent in recent decades
- J. Zhang, W. Tian, M. Chipperfield, F. Xie, J. Huang
- Geology
- 1 December 2016
The Arctic winter polar vortex has weakened in recent years: this study shows that there has also been a shift in the location of the vortex towards Eurasia. This is related to cryospheric changes,… Expand