Technological acquisitions and the innovation performance of acquiring firms: A longitudinal study

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-220

  Ahuja, Gautam ^a   Katila, Riitta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Innovation; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000614726     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.157     Document Type: Article

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