National competitiveness: A question of cost conditions or institutional circumstances?

British Journal of Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-218

  Thompson, Edmund R ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 4444329791     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2004.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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