Interindustry merger patterns and resource dependence: A replication and extension of Pfeffer (1972)

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 787-810

  Finkelstein, Sydney ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mergers and acquisitions; Resource dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002155441     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199711)18:10<787::AID-SMJ913>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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