A temporal perspective of merger and acquisition and strategic alliance initiatives: Review and future direction

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 164-209

  Shi, Weilei ^a   Sun, Jing ^b   Prescott, John E ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

mergers and acquisitions; strategic alliance; temporal perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655172536     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311424942     Document Type: Review

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