Cross-border mergers and acquisitions as a tool to transfer knowledge and foster competitive capabilities

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 204-223

  Oliveira, Pedro ^a   Roth, Aleda V ^a   Ponte, Katherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Competitive capabilities; Cross border mergers and acquisitions; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPETITIVE CAPABILITIES; CROSSBORDER MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MARKET LIBERALIZATION;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 2142822930     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2003.003890     Document Type: Article

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