Acquisitions by EMNCs in Developed Markets: An Organisational Learning Perspective

Management International Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-212

  Rabbiosi, Larissa ^a   Elia, Stefano ^b   Bertoni, Fabio ^b  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Exploration and exploitation; Home country characteristics; International experience; Organisational learning; Related and unrelated acquisitions; South North acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864473625     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-012-0134-3     Document Type: Article

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