Diversifying Acquisitions and Financial Relationships: Testing 19741976 Behaviour: Summary

Fifty-four diverisifying acquisitions in manufacturing and mining industries from 1974 to 1976 are investigated in terms of sales growth rate, rate of return on assets, and current ratio of the acquiring and acquired companies. The average characteristics of acquired companies, classified by the cha...

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Published in:Strategic management journal 1983-04, Vol.4 (2), p.97
Main Author: Song, Jae H
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Acquisitions & mergers
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Cash flow
Corporate profits
Current liabilities
Diversification
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Growth rate
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Strategic management
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Antitrust
Cash flow
Corporate profits
Current liabilities
Diversification
Expansion
Growth rate
Profitability
Rates of return
Strategic management
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