Contingent earnouts in acquisitions of privately held targets

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 857-879

  Ragozzino, Roberto ^a   Reuer, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent earnouts; Contracts; Information economics; Mergers and acquisitions; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249123845     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308328503     Document Type: Article

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