Opening the grey box: Social communities, knowledge and culture in acquisitions

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-37

  Zander, Udo ^a   Zander, Lena ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross border mergers and acquisitions; Cultural distance; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge based view of the firm; National culture; Social communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449177364     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.76     Document Type: Article

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