Mergers and acquisitions: A review of phases, motives, and success factors

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-24

  Calipha, Rachel ^a   Tarba, Shlomo ^a   Brock, David ^a  

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EID: 84877830979     PISSN: 1479361X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-361X(2010)0000009004     Document Type: Review

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