Foreign multinationals and innovation in British retailing, 1850-1962

Business History

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-100

  Godley, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RETAILING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037280116     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713999300     Document Type: Article

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