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Foreign investment and international plant configuration : whither the product cycle?

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  • Belderbos, R.A., 2000. "Foreign investment and international plant configuration : whither the product cycle?," Research Memorandum 003, Maastricht University, Netherlands Institute of Business Organization and Strategy Research (NIBOR).
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    DOI: 10.26481/umanib.2000003
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