The disintegrating effects of equality: A study of a failed international merger

British Journal of Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-271

  Meyer, Christine B ^a   Altenborg, Ellen ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

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EID: 34548135172     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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