Changing vertical integration strategies under pressure from foreign competition: The case of us and german multinationals

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-307

  Hutzschenreuter, Thomas ^a   Gröne, Florian ^a  

^a WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 58449103255     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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