Vertical integration is dead, or is it?

Business Horizons

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 25-34

  Osegowitsch, Thomas ^a   Madhok, Anoop ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0037338750     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-6813(03)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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