The intertextual production of international relations in mergers and acquisitions

Organization Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-148

  Riad, Sally ^a   Vaara, Eero ^b   Zhang, Nathan ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

globalization; ideology; international relations; intertextuality; mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655164317     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840611430601     Document Type: Article

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