Achieving acculturation in mergers and acquisitions: An international case survey

Human Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1573-1601

  Larsson, Rikard ^a   Lubatkin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; International case survey; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039782276     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00187267015412002     Document Type: Article

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