The economics of retailing and distribution

The Economics of Retailing and Distribution

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-244

  Betancourt, Roger R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781845423360     Document Type: Book

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