Cross-border acquisitions vs. Greenfield investment: A comparative performance analysis in Greece

International Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 592-605

  Georgopoulos, Antonios ^a   Preusse, Heinz Gert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross border acquisition; Greenfield FDI; Mode of entry; Performance; Transnational Corporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350043722     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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