Unpacking the champion of acquisitions: the key figure in the execution of the post-acquisition integration process

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 51-69

  Dagnino, Giovanni Battista ^a   Pisano, Vincenzo ^a  

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EID: 51949083339     PISSN: 1479361X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-361X(08)07004-X     Document Type: Review

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