Reassessing the Italian "economic miracle": law, firms' governance, and management, 1950-1973

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Reassessing the Italian "economic miracle" : law, firms' governance, and management, 1950-1973. / Di Martino, Paolo; Vasta, Michelangelo.

In: Business History Review, Vol. 92, No. 2, 25.07.2018, p. 281-306.

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Harvard

Di Martino, P & Vasta, M 2018, 'Reassessing the Italian "economic miracle": law, firms' governance, and management, 1950-1973', Business History Review, vol. 92, no. 2, pp. 281-306. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680518000430

APA

Di Martino, P., & Vasta, M. (2018). Reassessing the Italian "economic miracle": law, firms' governance, and management, 1950-1973. Business History Review, 92(2), 281-306. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680518000430

Vancouver

Di Martino P, Vasta M. Reassessing the Italian "economic miracle": law, firms' governance, and management, 1950-1973. Business History Review. 2018 Jul 25;92(2):281-306. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680518000430

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Di Martino, Paolo ; Vasta, Michelangelo. / Reassessing the Italian "economic miracle" : law, firms' governance, and management, 1950-1973. In: Business History Review. 2018 ; Vol. 92, No. 2. pp. 281-306.

Bibtex

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