Taking stock of what we know about mergers and acquisitions: A review and research agenda

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-502

  Haleblian, Jerayr ^a   Devers, Cynthia E ^b   McNamara, Gerry ^c   Carpenter, Mason A ^b   Davison, Robert B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Mergers; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049162731     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308330554     Document Type: Review

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