Changes in the industrial and geographical diversification of leading firms in European manufacturing

European Integration and the Functioning of Product Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 61-83

  Rondi, Laura ^a   Sleuwaegen, Leo ^b   Vannoni, Davide ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 84896249276     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845423407.000010     Document Type: Chapter

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