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Capital budgeting methods among Sweden's largest groups of companies. The state of the art and a comparison with earlier studies

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  • Sandahl, Gert & Sjogren, Stefan, 2003. "Capital budgeting methods among Sweden's largest groups of companies. The state of the art and a comparison with earlier studies," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 84(1), pages 51-69, April.
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