Asset specificity and the fear of exploitation
โ Scribed by Peter Hwang
- Book ID
- 116634993
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-2681
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