How does national culture impact internalization benefits in cross-border mergers and acquisitions?

Financial Review

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-125

  Steigner, Tanja ^a   Sutton, Ninon K ^b  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border takeovers; Culture; International mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959787058     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2010.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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