The Effects of Cross-border and Cross-industry Mergers and Acquisitions on Home-region and Global Multinational Enterprises

British Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Kling, Gerhard ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^b   Hitt, Michael A ^c   Weitzel, Utz ^d   O'Regan, Nicholas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84891521562     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12023     Document Type: Article

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