The Japanese firm: From the analysis of a model to the understanding of its increasing heterogeneity

Handbook on the Economics and Theory of the Firm

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 194-208

  Lechevalier, Sébastien ^a  

^a EHESS   (France)

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EID: 84881961368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781002407.00025     Document Type: Chapter

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