The role of social capital in cross-cultural M&Amp;As: A multinational corporation perspective

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 413-431

  Rottig, Daniel ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

M Amp; A performance; M Amp; As; Mergers and acquisitions; MNCs; Multinational corporation; Social capital; Sociocultural integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959715029     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2011.040913     Document Type: Article

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