Theory and evidence on mergers and acquisitions by small and medium enterprises

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 248-275

  Weitzel, Utz ^a,b   McCarthy, Killian J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Mergers; Small and medium sized enterprises; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155130486     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2011.041734     Document Type: Article

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