Valuation of mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications industry: A study on diversification and firm size

Information and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 459-471

  Dixon Wilcox, H ^a   Chang, Kuo Chung ^a   Grover, Varun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Event study; Firm value; Mergers and acquisitions; Telecommunications industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035427662     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(00)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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