Post-merger integration and change processes from a complexity perspective

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-27

  Lauser, Bärbel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Leadership; Management styles; Organizational change; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349085304     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465261011016531     Document Type: Article

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