The determinants of firm profitability in Australian manufacturing

Economic Record

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-126

  McDonald, James Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PROFITABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032716661     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1999.tb02440.x     Document Type: Article

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