From crisis to opportunity: Environmental jolt, corporate acquisitions, and firm performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 791-801

  Wan, William P ^a   Yiu, Daphne W ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asian Economic Crisis; Corporate acquisitions; Environmental jolt; Environmental munificence; Firm performance; Organizational slack

Indexed keywords

ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS; CORPORATE ACQUISITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL JOLT; ENVIRONMENTAL MUNIFICENCE; FIRM PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL SLACK;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 67650854640     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.744     Document Type: Article

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