Manifestations of higher-order routines: The underlying mechanisms of deliberate learning in the context of postacquisition integration

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 703-726

  Heimeriks, Koen H ^a   Schijven, Mario ^b   Gates, Stephen ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

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EID: 84862239903     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2009.0572     Document Type: Article

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