Vertical integration: Strategic characteristics and competitive implications

Competitiveness Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-55

  Mpoyi, Richard T ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449084973     PISSN: 10595422     EISSN: 20513143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb046451     Document Type: Article

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