Cultural changes during the integration process of acquisitions: A comparative study between German and German-Korean acquisitions

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 591-604

  Jöns, Ingela ^a   Froese, Fabian J ^b   Pak, Yong Suhk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Marketing   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cross border mergers and acquisitions; National culture; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547764214     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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