Mergers and acquisitions: Overcoming pitfalls, building synergy, and creating value

Business Horizons

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 523-529

  Hitt, Michael A ^a   King, David ^b   Krishnan, Hema ^c   Makri, Marianna ^d   Schijven, Mario ^e   Shimizu, Katsuhiko ^f   Zhu, Hong ^g  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 70349808049     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2009.06.008     Document Type: Note

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