Managerial Risk-taking in International Acquisitions in the Brewery Industry: Institutional and Ownership Influences Compared

British Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 316-332

  Geppert, Mike ^a   Dörrenbächer, Christoph ^b   Gammelgaard, Jens ^c   Taplin, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BERLIN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (Germany)

^c Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84881313031     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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