Our first presentation will be from one of the ISBM 2019 Doctoral Support Competition Winners, Shilpa Somraj from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research work is titled Alliance Portfolio Distance and Its Influence on IPO Performance. During this 1 hour webinar, the presenter will discuss their research for about 30 minutes. Then, a discussant will spend 10-15 minutes providing feedback on the research, followed by Q&A.  This session discussant is Guiyang Xiong from Syracuse University.