Are Good Performers Bad Acquirers?

Financial Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-118

  Baker, H Kent ^a   Dutta, Shantanu ^b   Saadi, Samir ^c   Zhu, Pengcheng ^d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

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EID: 84859133198     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2012.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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