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The Asian Financial Crisis and Prospects for Trade and Business with Thailand

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According to Greek mythology, Achilles was invincible. That is, except for his heel. And it was an arrow through that heel that finally destroyed him.

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  1. Sirilaksana Khoman
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  1. University of Wollongong, Australia

    Tran Van Hoa (Associate Professor of Economics) & Charles Harvie (Associate Professor of Economics) (Associate Professor of Economics) &  (Associate Professor of Economics)

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Khoman, S. (2000). The Asian Financial Crisis and Prospects for Trade and Business with Thailand. In: Van Hoa, T., Harvie, C. (eds) The Causes and Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-333-98294-5_4

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