Digestibility and asymmetric information in the choice between acquisitions and joint ventures: Where's the beef?

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-193

  Hennart, Jean François ^a   Reddy, Sabine B ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Asymmetric information; Joint ventures; Mergers; Post acquisition integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001264539     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200002)21:2<191::AID-SMJ78>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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