Case study. The NOVARTIS mega-merger: an intra-organizational evolutionary perspective

Strategic Change

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 217-226

  Ruhli E ^a   Sachs, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001533178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1697(199906/07)8:4<217::AID-JSC429>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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