ICT integration in an M&A process

9th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: I.T. and Value Creation, PACIS 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1146-1159

  Larsen, Michael Holm ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

ICT integration; Mergers acquisitions; Nordea Group

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION PROCESS; FINANCIAL SERVICE; ICT INTEGRATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTEGRATION PROCESS; NORDEA GROUP;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING;

INTEGRATION;

EID: 79551537500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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