High-touch and high-tech - Paradoxical narratives in a bank merger

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-355

  Berglund, Johan ^a   Strannegård, Lars ^b   Tillberg, Ulrika ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b Ctr for Adv Studies in Leadership   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change management; Hybrids; Mergers; Narratives; Paradox; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744298002     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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