Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Maximizing the value of the firm

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-305

  Gonzalez, Pedro ^a   Vasconcellos, Geraldo M ^b   Kish, Richard J ^b   Kramer, Jonathan K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346509740     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096031097333655     Document Type: Article

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