Announcements of purely related and purely unrelated mergers and shareholder returns: Reconciling the relatedness paradox

Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 823-835

  Flanagan, David J ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030517786     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2063(96)90038-0     Document Type: Article

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