The persistent effect of geographic distance in acquisition target selection

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1805-1826

  Chakrabarti, Abhirup ^a   Mitchell, Will ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business relatedness; Geographic distance; Mergers and acquisitions; Target selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888421453     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0811     Document Type: Article

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