Multiple facilities, strategic splitting and vertical structures: Stability, growth and distribution reconsidered

Manchester School

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 558-576

  Coffey, Dan ^a   Tomlinson, Philip R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33747336772     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: 14679957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2006.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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