Learning by doing: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1329-1334

  Collins, Jamie D ^a   Holcomb, Tim R ^b   Certo, S Trevis ^c   Hitt, Michael A ^d   Lester, Richard H ^d  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Cross border; Momentum; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949103915     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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