Inside the firm: Socioeconomic versus agency perspectives on firm competitiveness

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-307

  Wright, Peter ^a   Mukherji, Ananda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042597340     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(99)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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