Predicting mergers and acquisitions in the food industry

Agribusiness

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-23

  Adelaja, Adesoji ^a   Nayga, Rodolfo ^b   Farooq, Zafar ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c One International Boulevard   (United States)

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EID: 84993101410     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6297(199924)15:1<1::AID-AGR1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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