Post-merger corporate performance: An Indian perspective

Management Research News

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-157

  Kumar, Raj ^a  

^a GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Business performance; Company performance; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349305545     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170910927604     Document Type: Article

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