Going public to pursue acquisitions

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-351

  Wiggenhorn, Joan ^a   Gleason, Kimberly C ^b   Madura, Jeff ^b  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Internet bubble; IPO; Newly public firms; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247480158     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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