The use of accounting-based measures in measuring M&A performance: A review of five decades of research

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-120

  Thanos, Ioannis C ^a   Papadakis, Vassilis M ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

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EID: 84886416408     PISSN: 1479361X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-361X(2012)0000010009     Document Type: Article

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