Investment opportunities, free cash flow and market reaction to international joint ventures

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1747-1765

  Chen, Sheng Syan ^a   Ho, Kim Wai ^b   Lee, Cheng Few ^c   Yeo, Gillian H H ^b  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Free cash flow; G14; G31; International joint ventures; Investment opportunities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001014661     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(99)00103-X     Document Type: Article

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