Rhythm and Entrainment of Acquisition and Alliance Initiatives and Firm Performance: A Temporal Perspective

Organization Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1281-1310

  Shi, Weilei ^a   Prescott, John E ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

acquisition; alliance; entrainment; rhythm; synchronization; temporal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867951802     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840612453530     Document Type: Article

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