The long-term performance of horizontal acquisitions

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 987-1018

  Capron, Laurence ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Mergers and acquisitions; Resource based view; Synergy; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000403001     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199911)20:11<987::AID-SMJ61>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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