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Entrepreneurial integration skills: Knowing what you acquire to integrate it

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Entrepreneurial integration skills: Knowing what you acquire to integrate it. / Bauer, Florian; Schriber, Svante; King, David R. et al.
Mergers and Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. ed. / Yaakov Weber; Shlomo Y. Tarba. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016. p. 1-29 (Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy; Vol. 15).

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Bauer, F, Schriber, S, King, DR & Uzelac, B 2016, Entrepreneurial integration skills: Knowing what you acquire to integrate it. in Y Weber & SY Tarba (eds), Mergers and Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy, vol. 15, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., pp. 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-067X20160000015002

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Bauer, F., Schriber, S., King, D. R., & Uzelac, B. (2016). Entrepreneurial integration skills: Knowing what you acquire to integrate it. In Y. Weber, & S. Y. Tarba (Eds.), Mergers and Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (pp. 1-29). (Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy; Vol. 15). Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-067X20160000015002

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Bauer F, Schriber S, King DR, Uzelac B. Entrepreneurial integration skills: Knowing what you acquire to integrate it. In Weber Y, Tarba SY, editors, Mergers and Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2016. p. 1-29. (Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy). doi: 10.1108/S1479-067X20160000015002

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Bauer, Florian ; Schriber, Svante ; King, David R. et al. / Entrepreneurial integration skills : Knowing what you acquire to integrate it. Mergers and Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. editor / Yaakov Weber ; Shlomo Y. Tarba. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016. pp. 1-29 (Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy).

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