Industrial groups as systems of contractual governance

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 24-44

  Kester, W Carl ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0002858241     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/8.3.24     Document Type: Article

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