International acquisitions, domestic competition and firm performance

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-349

  Girma, Sourafel ^a   Thompson, Steve ^a   Wright, Peter W ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Foreign; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750202922     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510600961254     Document Type: Article

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