A darker side of knowledge transfer following international acquisitions

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 932-944

  Reus, Taco H ^a   Lamont, Bruce T ^b   Ellis, Kimberly M ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral theory of the firm; global strategy; international business; knowledge transfer; mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF THE FIRMS; FIRMS' PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION; GLOBAL STRATEGIES; INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITIONS; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84928340994     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2373     Document Type: Article

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