Mergers & acquisitions research: A bibliometric study of top strategy and international business journals, 1980-2010

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2550-2558

  Ferreira, Manuel Portugal ^a,b   Santos, João Carvalho ^c   de Almeida, Martinho Isnard Ribeiro ^a   Reis, Nuno Rosa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bibliometric study; Citations; Co citations; Mergers acquisitions; Research themes; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926117986     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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