Increasing market share as a rationale for corporate acquisitions

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 209-247

  Ghosh, Aloke ^a,b  

^a United States Securities and Exchange Commission   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 34848869841     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2004.0006.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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