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Klijn, E., Reuer, J.J., Buckley, P.J., Glaister, K.W. (2014). Combinations of Partners’ Joint Venture Formation Motives. In: The Multinational Enterprise and the Emergence of the Global Factory. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137402387_9

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