The HR function in large-scale mergers and acquisitions: The case study of Nordea

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 654-670

  Björkman, Ingmar ^a,b   Søderberg, Anne Marie ^c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Demark; Finland; Human resource management; Norway; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749405801     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610702719     Document Type: Article

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