
Song Ma
Associate Professor of Finance
Professor Ma’s main research interests are corporate finance, entrepreneurial finance, and innovation economics. His current research agenda focuses on understanding economic frictions in the process of financing and organizing innovation and entrepreneurial activities, and how to mitigate those frictions through financial and organizational arrangements. He also studies how entrepreneurship contributes to economic growth and the underlying mechanism. Dr. Ma received his PhD in Finance from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and his BA in Economics from Zhejiang University.
Education
- PhD, Duke University, 2016
- BA, Zhejiang University, 2010
Articles
Bankrupt Innovative Firms
S. Ma, J. Tong, and W. Wang
Management Science
2021
The Life Cycle of Corporate Venture Capital
S. Ma
Review of Financial Studies, issue 1, vol. 33, pp. 358-394
2019
How Does Hedge Fund Activism Reshape Corporate Innovation
A. Brav, W. Jiang, S. Ma, and X. Tian
Journal of Financial Economics, issue 2, vol. 130, pp. 237-264
2018
Firm Age, Investment Opportunities and Job Creation
S. Ma, M. Adelino, and D. Robinson
Journal of Finance, issue 3, vol. 72, pp. 999-1038
2017
Working Papers
Young Firms, Old Capital
S. Ma, J. Murfin, and R. Pratt
Journal of Financial Economics
2021
Persuading Investors: A Video-Based Study
S. Ma and A. Hu
2021
Achievements
- 40 Under 40 Best Business School Professors, Poets & Quants, 2021
- Robert F. Lanzillotti Prize for the Best Paper in Antitrust Economics, IIOC, 2020
- Jensen Prize for Best Paper on Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, 2019
- Charles River Associates Award for the Best Paper on Corporate Finance, Western Finance Association, 2018
- Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Award, 2018
- Sumantra Goshal Research and Practice Award, AOM Strategic Management, 2018
- AQR Top Finance Graduate Award, 2016