Corporate behaviour in theory and history: II. The historian's perspective

Business History

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 163-179

  Lee, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042715685     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076799000000044     Document Type: Article

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