Why the whole is less than the sum of its parts: Examining knowledge management in acquisitions

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-86

  Chua, Alton Y K ^a   Goh, Dion H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Case study; Knowledge management; Merger and acquisition; Semi conductor

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; INTERPRETATIVE CASE STUDY; KNOWLEDGE BASED; MERGER AND ACQUISITION; MULTINATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; SINGAPORE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 59349118960     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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