Two logit models are estimated to explain merger and acquisition (M&A) activities in US food manufacturing using firm level data for public firms: a "target model" predicting the likelihood of a firm being targeted for M&A and a "takeover model" predicting the likelihood of a targeted firm being tak
Mergers in the food industries: Trends, motives, and policies
โ Scribed by John M. Connor; Frederick E. Geithman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 979 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0742-4477
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