Late payments and ethics of management: Possible solutions for local economies

Lex Localis

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 351-373

  Šalamon, Tanja ^a   Milfelner, Borut ^a   Belak, Jernej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Late payments; Legislation; Management ethics; Payment discipline; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938592037     PISSN: 15815374     EISSN: 1855363X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4335/13.3.351-373(2015)     Document Type: Article

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