Synergy Sources, Target Autonomy, and Integration in Acquisitions

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 604-632

  Zaheer, Akbar ^a   Castañer, Xavier ^b   Souder, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomy; complementarity; integration; mergers and acquisitions (M As); similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874489646     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311403152     Document Type: Article

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