Managerial efficiency and firm size: An assessment of the strategic potential of Italian manufacturing industries;Efficienza manageriale e dimensione: La valutazione delle potenzialità strategiche delle imprese industriali Italiane

Industria

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-422

  Erbetta, Fabrizio ^a   Fraquelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

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EID: 80051748701     PISSN: 00197416     EISSN: 19738137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1430/32501     Document Type: Review

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