Bottom-up transformation: Prerequisites, scope and impediments

International Journal of Social Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 297-310

  Brezinski, Horst ^a   Fritsch, Michael ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84986173911     PISSN: 03068293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03068299610149606     Document Type: Review

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