The effect of routine amalgamations in post-acquisition integration performance: Whether to 'combine' or 'superimpose' for synergy gains?

Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-179

  Angwin, Duncan ^a   Urs, Uma ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nestedness; Organisational routines; Post acquisition integration; Practice; Temporality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911386038     PISSN: 1479361X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-361X20140000013006     Document Type: Article

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