The dominance effect? Multinational corporations in the Italian quick-food service sector

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 757-779

  Royle, Tony ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 33751081514     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2006.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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