Acquisitions reveal the hidden intellectual capital of pharmaceutical companies

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-400

  Boekestein, Bram ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Assets; Goodwill accounting; Intangible assets; Intellectual capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349653669     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930910977806     Document Type: Article

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