Relative standing and the performance of recently acquired European firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 593-614

  Very, Philippe ^a   Lubatkin, Michael ^a,b   Calori, Roland ^a   Veiga, John ^b  

^a Groupe ESC Lyon   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Mergers and acquisitions; Relative standing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001418442     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199709)18:8<593::aid-smj899>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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