Is cultural distance a bane or a boon for cross-border acquisition performance?

Journal of World Business

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-86

  Dikova, Desislava ^a   Rao Sahib, Padma ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acquisition experience; Cross border acquisitions; Cultural distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868707876     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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