Cross-border mergers/acquisitions: A review and research agenda

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-334

  Chapman, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate geography; Embeddedness; Mergers acquisitions; Regional development

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MERGER; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 0041566677     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/3.3.309     Document Type: Article

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