Who is hybridizing what? Insights on MNCs' employment practices in central Europe

Wages, Employment, Distribution and Growth: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 155-183

  Meardi, Guglielmo ^a   Tóth, András ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

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EID: 85015843827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230371781     Document Type: Chapter

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