Path-dependent and path-breaking change: Reconfiguring business resources following acquisitions in the U.S. medical sector, 1978-1995

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 10-11, 2000, Pages 1061-1081

  Karim, Samina ^a   Mitchell, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Business change; Resource reconfiguration; Routine based perspective on strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000127648     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200010/11)21:10/11<1061::aid-smj116>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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