Are acquisitions worthwhile? An empirical study of the post-acquisition performance of privately held Belgian companies

Small Business Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 223-243

  Ooghe, Hubert ^a   Van Laere, Elisabeth ^a   De Langhe, Tine ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 33845583682     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-0011-1     Document Type: Article

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