Managing communications firms in the new unpredictable environments: Watch the movies

Contributions to Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 341-362

  Longstaff, Patricia H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT; MEDIA INDUSTRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950449089     PISSN: 14311933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2082-9_20     Document Type: Article

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