Geography of domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&As): Evidence from matched firm-level data

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 847-860

  Böckerman, Petri ^a   Lehto, Eero ^a  

^a LABOUR INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Agglomeration; Mergers; Mergers and acquisitions (M As); Monitoring

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; MERGER; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33751332980     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400601043365     Document Type: Article

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