Post-acquisition restructuring as evolutionary process

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 459-482

  Meyer, Klaus E ^a   Lieb Dóczy, Enese ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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EID: 0010837570     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00347     Document Type: Article

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