Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services: First evidence based on Official Statistics

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Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services: First evidence based on Official Statistics. / Weche Gelübcke, John Philipp.
ETSG 2011 Copenhagen Thirteenth Annual Conference. European Trade Study Group, 2011.

Publikation: Beiträge in SammelwerkenAbstracts in KonferenzbändenForschungbegutachtet

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Weche Gelübcke, JP 2011, Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services: First evidence based on Official Statistics. in ETSG 2011 Copenhagen Thirteenth Annual Conference. European Trade Study Group, 13th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group - ETSG 2011, Copenhagen, Dänemark, 08.09.11.

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Weche Gelübcke, J. P. (2011). Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services: First evidence based on Official Statistics. In ETSG 2011 Copenhagen Thirteenth Annual Conference European Trade Study Group.

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Weche Gelübcke JP. Foreign ownership and firm performance in the German services: First evidence based on Official Statistics. in ETSG 2011 Copenhagen Thirteenth Annual Conference. European Trade Study Group. 2011

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