Corporate political Strategy and foreign competition: The case of the steel industry

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 720-737

  Schuler, Douglas A ^a  

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EID: 0030305330     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256661     Document Type: Article

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