Building and leveraging knowledge capabilities through cross-border acquisitions

A New Generation in International Strategic Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 162-179

  Ferreira, Manuel Portugal ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

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