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Merger as a Form of Investment

1996; Wiley; Volume: 49; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1467-6435.1996.tb01389.x

1467-6435

George Bittlingmayer,

Private Equity and Venture Capital

KyklosVolume 49, Issue 2 p. 127-153 Merger as a Form of Investment George Bittlingmayer, George Bittlingmayer Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management. University of California at Davis, Davis, California, 95616, USA. My thanks go to Yoram Barzel, Harold Demsetz, Bob Hart, Ben Klein, Dennis Mueller, Arnold Picot, David Rocke and Lester Telser for useful comments.Search for more papers by this author George Bittlingmayer, George Bittlingmayer Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management. University of California at Davis, Davis, California, 95616, USA. 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