The boundaries of firms as information barriers

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 733-746

  Chou, Eric S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 41749114760     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0741-6261.2007.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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