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Acquiring intellect: Managing the integration of knowledge-intensive acquisitions

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  • Birkinshaw, Julian, 1999. "Acquiring intellect: Managing the integration of knowledge-intensive acquisitions," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 42(3), pages 33-40.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:bushor:v:42:y:1999:i:3:p:33-40
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    1. Hebeler, John Jr. & Van Doren, Doris C., 1997. "Unfettered leverage: The ascendancy of knowledge-rich products and processes," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 40(4), pages 2-10.
    2. Royston Greenwood & C. R. Hinings & John Brown, 1994. "Merging Professional Service Firms," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 5(2), pages 239-257, May.
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