Varieties of National Metonymy in Media Accounts of International Mergers and Acquisitions

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 737-771

  Riad, Sally ^a   Vaara, Eero ^b  

^a Victoria Management School   (New Zealand)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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EID: 79955410439     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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