Partial acquisitions in emerging markets: A test of the strategic market entry and corporate control hypotheses

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 288-305

  Zhu, PengCheng ^a   Jog, Vijay ^b   Otchere, Isaac ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate control; Cross border; Emerging markets; G34; Information asymmetry; Market entry; Partial acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751701730     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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