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    Peter W. Liesch

  2. Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UK

    Peter J. Buckley

  3. University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China

    Peter J. Buckley

  4. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, USA

    Bernard L. Simonin

  5. College of Business, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

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Liesch, P.W., Buckley, P.J., Simonin, B.L., Knight, G. (2014). Organizing the Modern Firm in the Worldwide Market for Market Transactions. In: The Multinational Enterprise and the Emergence of the Global Factory. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137402387_4

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