Does Regional Integration Change the Effects of Country-Level Institutional Barriers on M&A? The Case of the European Union

Management International Review

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 853-877

  Moschieri, Caterina ^a   Ragozzino, Roberto ^b   Campa, Jose Manuel ^c  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

European Union; FDI; Institutional factors; M A; Regional integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911985493     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: 18618901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-014-0206-7     Document Type: Article

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