The boundaries of firms in the new economy: M&As as a strategic tool toward corporate technological diversification

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-199

  Cantwell, John ^a,b   Santangelo, Grazia D ^c  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate technological dynamics; M As; MNCs

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33846417698     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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