Measures of value in acquisitions: Family versus nonfamily firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-354

  Granata, Darya ^a   Chirico, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acquirers' perception; acquisition; EBIT and EBITDA multiples; family firms' valuation; matched pairs methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649497285     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486510386367     Document Type: Article

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