Picking "lemons" or picking "cherries"? Domestic and foreign acquisitions in Norwegian manufacturing

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 361-387

  Balsvik, Ragnhild ^a   Haller, Stefanie A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Employment; Ownership change; Productivity; Wages

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; WAGE;

NORWAY;

EID: 77954167703     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2010.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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