Organizational identification and serendipitous value creation in post-acquisition integration

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 839-860

  Colman, Helene Loe ^a   Lunnan, Randi ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

identity; learning; mergers and acquisitions; value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954542867     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206309354645     Document Type: Article

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