The identification of acquisition targets in the EU banking industry: An application of multicriteria approaches

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-281

  Pasiouras, Fotios ^a   Tanna, Sailesh ^b   Zopounidis, Constantin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Economics Finance and Accounting   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Banks; Classification; MCDA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249743240     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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