A market-process approach to corporate coherence

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 213-226

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a   Christensen, Jens Frøslev ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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EID: 22744457929     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1012     Document Type: Article

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