Improving performance through vertical disintegration: Evidence from UK manufacturing firms

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 307-324

  Desyllas, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67650327870     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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