The impact of acquisitions on company performance: Evidence from a large panel of UK firms

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 344-361

  Dickerson, Andrew P ^a   Gibson, Heather D ^b   Tsakalotos, Euclid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

^c ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPANY ACQUISITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL SURVEY;

UK;

EID: 0031467205     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a028613     Document Type: Article

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