The effects of procedural and informational justice in the integration of related acquisitions

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-161

  Ellis, Kimberly M ^a   Reus, Taco H ^b   Lamont, Bruce T ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration process; Procedural and informational justice; Related acquisitions

Indexed keywords

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

FINANCIAL RETURNS; INTEGRATION PROCESS; INTERACTIVE EFFECTS; MARKET POSITIONS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; POST INTEGRATIONS; PROCEDURAL AND INFORMATIONAL JUSTICE; PROCEDURAL JUSTICES; RELATED ACQUISITIONS; VALUE CREATIONS;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 60349102438     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.728     Document Type: Article

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