Antecedents of growth through mergers and acquisitions: Empirical results from Belgium

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 392-403

  Huyghebaert, Nancy ^a   Luypaert, Mathieu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Financing; Growth; Mergers and acquisitions; Motives; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 76949088155     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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