The performance of UK takeovers: Does the nationality of acquirers matter?

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-297

  Hanley, Aoife ^a   Zervos, Vasilios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Adjustment costs; Labour productivity; Multinationals

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249889973     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571510701344095     Document Type: Review

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