ROVER-BMW: from shotgun marriage to quickie divorce

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 302-315

  Donnelly, Tom ^a   Morris, David ^a   Mellahi, Kamel ^a  

^a School of Strategy and Leadership   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

currency fluctuations; divestment; globalisation; merger; post merger management policy; product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847152748     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2003.003814     Document Type: Article

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