Synergies, shareholder value and exchange ratios in “value-creating” mergers: Why shareholders should doubt management's pre-merger promises

Managerial Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 252-261

  Kürsten, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Modelling; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015662538     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350810849288     Document Type: Article

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