Do managers' professional connections benefit their firms in mergers and acquisitions: Chinese evidence
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Keywords
Professional connections; Network; Mergers and acquisitions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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