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Naudé, W., Krugell, W., Bauer, N. (2005). The Global Integration of Africa: The EU-SA Free Trade Agreement and German MNEs in South Africa. In: Gilroy, B.M., Gries, T., Naudé, W.A. (eds) Multinational Enterprises, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Africa. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1610-8_5

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