Partial acquisitions, corporate control, and performance

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 847-857

  Akhigbe, Aigbe ^a   Madura, Jeff ^b   Spencer, Carolyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DOWLING COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 4043071899     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100410001685349     Document Type: Article

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