Cross-business information technology integration and acquirer value creation in corporate mergers and acquisitions

Information Systems Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 703-720

  Tanriverdi, Hüseyin ^a   Uysal, Vahap Bülent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate mergers and acquisitions; Cross business IT integration; Long run abnormal operating performance; Short run abnormal stock returns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865101273     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1090.0250     Document Type: Article

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