Deal structure decision in the global market for divested assets

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 104-116

  Jory, Surendranath R ^a   Madura, Jeff ^b   Ngo, Thanh N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset purchases; Country governance; Deal structure; Foreign divestments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942550025     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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