Managing change: strategy or serendipity—reflections from the merger of Astra and Zeneca

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-28

  Eriksson, Michael ^a   Sundgren, Mats ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AstraZeneca; Change management; merger; pharmeceutical R D; theory E theory O

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651577011     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697010500036007     Document Type: Article

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