Market power in music retailing: The case of Wal-Mart

Popular Music and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 501-519

  Fox, Mark A ^a  

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EID: 34347292751     PISSN: 03007766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03007760500159054     Document Type: Article

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