Multinational trading companies in history and theory

The Multinational Traders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-21

  Jones, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85071101397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203450703-7     Document Type: Chapter

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