Losing innovativeness: The challenge of being acquired

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1161-1182

  Skovvang Christensen, Karina ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Entrepreneurialism; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750741450     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610707668     Document Type: Article

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