EU's competition policy and the GE-Honeywell merger fiasco: Transatlantic divergence and consumer and regulatory issues

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 601-626

  Anwar, Syed Tariq ^a  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27644588252     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20069     Document Type: Article

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