A review of the literature on the market valuation of multinational firms

Managerial Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 5-18

  Saudagaran, Shahrokh M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting research; Diversification; Multinationals; Share prices; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989768640     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350210767771     Document Type: Article

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