Dancing as fast as they can: Israeli high-tech firms and the Great Recession of 2008

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-208

  Almor, Tamar ^a  

^a College of Management ^*  (Israel)

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EID: 79951689116     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20401     Document Type: Article

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