IMPACT OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ON MERGER AND ACQUISITION PERFORMANCE: A CRITICAL RESEARCH REVIEW AND AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 51-82

  Stahl, Günter K ^a   Voigt, Andreas ^a  

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EID: 36148940630     PISSN: 1479361X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-361X(04)04003-7     Document Type: Review

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