Resource dependence dynamics: Partner reactions to mergers

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 239-255

  Rogan, Michelle ^a   Greve, Henrich R ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coalitions; Exchange dynamics; Interorganizational relationships; Mergers and acquisitions; Power dependence; Relationship dissolution; Resource dependence; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923295855     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0897     Document Type: Article

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