Corporate cultural fit and performance in mergers and acquisitions

Human Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1181-1202

  Weber, Yaakov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cultural fit; Mergers and acquisitions; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040455156     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679604900903     Document Type: Article

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