Do analysts add value when they most can? Evidence from corporate spin-offs

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1446-1463

  Feldman, Emilie R ^a   Gilson, Stuart C ^b   Villalonga, Belén ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

analysts; corporate strategy; diversification discount; information asymmetry; spin offs

Indexed keywords

PLANNING;

ANALYSTS; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; DIVERSIFICATION DISCOUNTS; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; SPIN OFF;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84906785178     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2169     Document Type: Article

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