Economics of scholarly publishing: Exploring the causes of subscription price variations of scholarly journals in business subject-specific areas

Library Quarterly

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-232

  Liu, Lewis G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 79953745168     PISSN: 00242519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658869     Document Type: Article

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