The importance of geography and culture in mergers: A Norwegian institutional case study

Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-90

  Norgård, Jorunn Dahl ^a   Skodvin, Ole Jacob ^a  

^a Department of Policy Analysis and International Affairs Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research Box 8119 Dep   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amalgamation; Co operation; Cultural differences; Institutional change; Integration; Merger; Network institution; Network theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141567762     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015513111300     Document Type: Article

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