Selling French films on foreign markets: The international strategy of a medium-sized film company

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-76

  Bakker, Gerben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 18744409401     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khh003     Document Type: Article

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