Trust dynamics in acquisitions: The role of relationship history, interfirm distance, and acquirer's integration approach

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 51-82

  Stahl, Günter K ^a   Sitkin, Sim B ^a  

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EID: 80053431493     PISSN: 1479361X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-361X(2010)0000009006     Document Type: Review

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