Technological effects of M&As in Spanish manufacturing

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 761-784

  Marin, Raquel ^a   Alvarez, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; MERGER; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67949114380     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtp022     Document Type: Article

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