The Role of HR in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: The Case of Indian Pharmaceutical Firms

Multinational Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-110

  Budhwar, Pawan S ^a   Varma, Arup ^b   Katou, Anastasia A ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cross border; Human resource management; India; Mergers and acquisitions (M As)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992954277     PISSN: 1525383X     EISSN: 20541686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200900011     Document Type: Review

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