Australian evidence on the determinants and impact of takeover resistance

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 613-633

  Maheswaran, Krishnan ^a   Pinder, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hostility; Managerial resistance; Takeovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344441716     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2005.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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