The repeal of prohibition and the resurgence of the national breweries: Productive efficiency or path creation?

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 420-432

  Stack, Martin ^a   Gartland, Myles ^a  

^a ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brewing; Critical path analysis; Management history

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744362894     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510589797     Document Type: Review

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