Acquisitions from UK firms into emerging markets

Global Finance Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-71

  Graham, Michael ^a   Martey, Emmanuel ^b   Yawson, Alfred ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Deloitte and Touche Ghana   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Emerging markets; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249096020     PISSN: 10440283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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