Strategy and structure in the textile industry: Spencer love and burlington mills, 1923–1962

Business History Review

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 42-79

  Wright, Annette C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 69249226132     PISSN: 00076805     EISSN: 2044768X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3117120     Document Type: Article

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