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Playing dirty or building capability? Corruption and HR training as competitive actions to threats from informal and foreign firm rivals

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  • Akie Iriyama
  • Rajiv Kishore
  • Debabrata Talukdar

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  • Akie Iriyama & Rajiv Kishore & Debabrata Talukdar, 2016. "Playing dirty or building capability? Corruption and HR training as competitive actions to threats from informal and foreign firm rivals," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(10), pages 2152-2173, October.
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