Mergers and acquisitions through an intellectual capital perspective

Journal of Intellectual Capital

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-309

  Gupta, Oliver ^a   Roos, Göran ^b  

^a Intellectual Capital Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intellectual property; Mergers and acquisitions; Resources; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986129962     PISSN: 14691930     EISSN: 1758468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14691930110400092     Document Type: Review

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