The impact of cross-border mergers on the co-decision-making process: The case of a Danish company

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 484-509

  Rocha, Robson Sø ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Co decision making; Corporate governance; Institutions; Mergers and acquisitions; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350444524     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X09342632     Document Type: Article

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