Do they walk the talk? gauging acquiring ceo and director confidence in the value creation potential of announced acquisitions

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1679-1702

  Devers, Cynthia E ^a   McNAMARA, Gerry ^a   Haleblian, Jerayr ^b   Yoder, Michele E ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

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EID: 84892583995     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0555     Document Type: Article

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