Croatia: A country "Created from God's tears"

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-473

  Zdravkovic, Srdan ^a   Amine, Lyn S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547177803     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20153     Document Type: Article

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