Duties
- Setting a departmental goal and designing curriculum for the English program in which most courses are instructed in English.
- Advising undergraduate students.
Education
Ph.D. in Finances, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
Professional Experience
- Director, English Bachelor of Business Administration (EBBA) program, College of Management, Yuan-Ze University
- Associate Professor in College of Management, Yuan-Ze University
- Assistant Professor in College of Management, Yuan-Ze University
- Chair, Financial discipline, College of Management, Yuan-Ze University
Research Area
- Corporate Group Strategy (Diversification/M&A/Restructuring)
- Bank Liquidity Management
- Behavioral Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- I-Ju Chen, Iftekhar Hasan, Chih-Yung Lin, & Vy Nguyen (2021), “Do Banks Value Borrowers' Environmental Record? Evidence from Financial Contracts,” Journal of Business Ethics, in print.
- I-Ju Chen, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Micah S. Officer, & Yanzhi Wang (2020, Sep.), “The Oscar Goes to…: High-tech Firms’ Acquisitions in Response to Rivals’ Technology Breakthroughs,” Research Policy, 49(7), 104078.
- I-Ju Chen, (2020, Jan.), “CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Investment: Evidence from the Industry Deregulation,” Journal of Financial Studies. 28(2), 1-48.
- I-Ju Chen, Yu-Yi Lee, & Yong-Chin Liu, (2020, Jan), “Bank Liquidity, Macroeconomic Risk, and Bank Risk: Evidence from the Financial Services Modernization Act,” European Financial Management, 26(1), 143-175.
- I-Ju Chen & David K. Wang, (2019, Oct), “Real Option, Idiosyncratic Risk, and Corporate Investment: Evidence from Taiwan Family Firms,” Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 57, 101029.
- I-Ju Chen, Yanzhi Wang, & Cheng-You Wu, (2019, March), “The Effect of Staggered Boards on Corporate Innovation,” Journal of Management and Business Research, 36(1), 1-28.
- I-Ju Chen & Wei-Chi Lin, (2019, April), “CEO Incentives and Bank Liquidity Management,” NTU Management Review, 29(1), 255-322.
- I-Ju Chen, Yan-Shing Chen, & Sheng-Syan Chen (2018, March), “The Strategic Choice of Payment Method in Corporate Acquisitions: The Role of Collective Bargaining Against Unionized Workers,“ Journal of Banking and Finance, 88, 408-422.
- I-Ju Chen & Sheng-Syan Chen (2017, March), “Corporate Governance and the Investment Efficiency of Diversified Corporate Asset Buyers” Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 29(1), pp.99-114.
- Hsin-Yu Liang, I-Ju Chen, and Sheng-Syan Chen (2016, Sept), “Does Corporate Governance Mitigate Bank Diversification Discount?” International Review of Economics and Finance, 45, pp.129-143.
- Sheng-Syan Chen, Yong-Chin Liu, & I-Ju Chen (2014, March), “Long-Run Stock Performance and Its Determinants for Asset Buyers,” Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 41(5-6), pp.685-716.
- I-Ju Chen, (2014, July), “Financial Crisis and the Dynamics of Corporate Governance: Evidence from Taiwan’s Listed Firms,” International Review of Economics and Finance, 32, pp.3-28.
- Jung-Ho Lai, Li-Yu Chen, & I-Ju Chen (2014, May), “The Value of outside Director Experience to Firm Strategies: Evidence from Joint Ventures,” Journal of Management & Organization, 20(3), pp.387-409.
- Jung-Ho Lai, I-Ju Chen, & Li-Yu Chen, (2014, Sept), “Board Characteristics and the Valuation Effects of Corporate Joint Venture Investments,” NTU Management Review, 24(S1), pp.232-272.
- Yan-Shing Chen & I-Ju Chen (2013, July), “The Impact of Labor Unions on Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity,“ Journal of Banking and Finance, 37(7), pp.2408-2418.
- I-Ju Chen & Shin-Hung Lin (2013), “Managerial Optimism, Investment Efficiency, and Firm Valuation,” Multinational Finance Journal, 17(3-4), pp.295-340.
- Sheng-Syan Chen & I-Ju Chen (2012), “Corporate Governance and Capital Allocations of Diversified Firms,” Journal of Banking and Finance, 36(2), pp.395-409.
- I-Ju Chen, Jung-Ho Lai & Chih-Chia Chen (2012), “Industrial Concentration, Innovation and Corporate Layoff Announcements,” International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 87, pp.147-165.
- Sheng-Syan Chen & I-Ju Chen (2011), “Inefficient Investment and the Diversification Discount: Evidence from Corporate Asset Purchases,” Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 38(7-8), pp.887-914.
- I-Ju Chen (2011), “Organizational Forms and Wealth Effects of Public Debt Offerings,” NTU Management Review, 21(2), pp.315-348.
- I-Ju Chen (2010), “Organizational Form, Board Structure, and the Wealth Effect of Strategic Alliances,” Management Review, 29(3), pp.79-103.
- Hsiangping Tsai, I-Ju Chen, & Yanzhi Wang, (2020/10/14-17), “The Effect of Bank Loans on Corporate Innovation: Evidence from M&As” 2020 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, New York, NY, USA.
- I-Ju Chen, Yan-Shing Chen, & Wei-Chi Lin, (2019/10/23-26), “Bank Performance and Liquidity Management” 2019 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- Wei-Chi Lin, I-Ju Chen, & Sheng-Syan Chen, (2018/10/10-13), “Board Diversity and Corporate Innovation” 2018 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, San Diego, California, USA.
- I-Ju Chen, Po-Hsuan Hsu, Micah S. Officer, & Yanzhi (Andrew) Wang (2017/10/11-14), “The Oscar goes to…: Takeovers and Innovation Envy” 2017 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- I-Ju Chen, & Wei-Chi Lin (2016/10/19-22), “Does Governance Matter for Bank Liquidity Management? Evidence from the 2007 Financial Crisis” 2016 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- I-Ju Chen, Yu-Yi Lee, & Yong-Chin Liu (2015/10/14-17), “The Relation between Bank Liquidity and Risk-Taking: Empirical Evidence from 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act (GLBA)” 2015 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, Orlando, Florida, USA.
- I-Ju Chen (2014/10/15-18), “Why Do the Holding of Liquid Assets of U.S. Banks Decrease Over Time?” 2014 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- I-Ju Chen, Sheng-Syan Chen, & Yan-Shing Chen (2014/10/15-18), “Strategic Choice of Payment Methods in Corporate Acquisitions: from the Perspective of Collective Bargaining with Unionized Workers,” 2014 Annual Meeting of the Financial Management Association International, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.