Geographic distance and corporate acquisitions: Signals from IPO firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 876-894

  Ragozzino, Roberto ^a   Reuer, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dual tracking; geographic distance; information asymmetry; M A IPOs; signaling

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE SELECTION; DUAL-TRACKING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; INFORMATION ECONOMICS; INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS; INVESTMENT BANK;

ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 79958819197     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.914     Document Type: Article

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