Chandlerism in post-war Europe: Strategic and structural change in France, Germany and the UK, 1950-1993

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 519-550

  Whittington, Richard ^a   Mayer, Michael ^b   Curto, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001011381     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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