Acquisitions and Real Options: The Greenfield Alternative

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1048-1071

  Brouthers, Keith D ^a   Dikova, Desislava ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77955028462     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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