The impact of acquisitions on the performance of existing organizational units in the acquiring firm: The case of an agribusiness company

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2687-2701

  Mingo, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Corporate strategy; Intraorganizational performance; Knowledge sharing; Managerial distraction; Mergers; Resource transfer

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGIES; INTRAORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MANAGERIAL DISTRACTION; MERGERS; RESOURCE TRANSFER;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84890951441     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1727     Document Type: Article

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