Should Acquiring Firms Pursue More Than One Value Creation Strategy? An Empirical Test of Acquisition Performance

British Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-185

  Ambrosini, Véronique ^a   Bowman, Cliff ^b   Schoenberg, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951547153     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2010.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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