Family firm mergers and acquisitions in different legal environments

Family Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-75

  Feito Ruiz, Isabel ^a   Menéndez Requejo, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abnormal return; Acquiring; Family firms; Legal environment; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649258495     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486509353419     Document Type: Article

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