Do international acquisitions by emerging-economy firms create shareholder value the case of Indian firms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-418

  Gubbi, Sathyajit R ^a   Aulakh, Preet S ^b   Ray, Sougata ^a   Sarkar, M B ^c   Chittoor, Raveendra ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

Author keywords

Complementary resources; Emerging markets; India; Institutions; International acquisitions; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949778547     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.47     Document Type: Article

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