Incompatible strategies in international mergers: The failed merger between Telia and Telenor

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 508-525

  Meyer, Christine Benedichte ^a   Altenborg, Ellen ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Failure; International mergers and acquisitions; Nationalism; State ownership; Strategic incompatibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 41249093483     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400354     Document Type: Article

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