Evolving communication patterns in response to an acquisition event

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1099-1118

  Allatta, Joan T ^a   Singh, Harbir ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communication routines; evolutionary view; merger and acquisition integration; social networks

Indexed keywords

COMMON GROUND; COMMUNICATION PATTERN; EVOLUTIONARY VIEW; LOG DATA; MERGER AND ACQUISITION INTEGRATION; NETWORK DATA; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STRATEGIC INTEREST;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 80051551118     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.930     Document Type: Article

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