Legal issues in multinational business strategy: To play the game, you have to know the rules

Academy of Management Executive

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 52-61

  Pincus, Laura B ^a,b,c,d,e   Belohlav, James A ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DePaul's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0041082616     PISSN: 10795545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/ame.1996.9704111474     Document Type: Article

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