The Choice of Insider or Outsider Top Executives in Acquired Companies

Long Range Planning

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-389

  Angwin, Duncan N ^a   Meadows, Maureen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION STRATEGIES; INTEGRATION FRAMEWORKS; INTEGRATION STRATEGY; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; STRATEGIC INTENTION; TOP EXECUTIVE; TOP MANAGEMENT;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; MERGER; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68849124531     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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