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Cultural approach in understanding the long-term survival of firms: Japanese Shinise firms in the sake brewing industry

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Cultural approach in understanding the long-term survival of firms: Japanese Shinise firms in the sake brewing industry. / Sasaki, Innan; Sone, Hidekazu.
In: Business History, Vol. 57, No. 7, 2015, p. 1020-1036.

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Sasaki, I & Sone, H 2015, 'Cultural approach in understanding the long-term survival of firms: Japanese Shinise firms in the sake brewing industry', Business History, vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 1020-1036. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2014.993618

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Sasaki, I., & Sone, H. (2015). Cultural approach in understanding the long-term survival of firms: Japanese Shinise firms in the sake brewing industry. Business History, 57(7), 1020-1036. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2014.993618

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Sasaki I, Sone H. Cultural approach in understanding the long-term survival of firms: Japanese Shinise firms in the sake brewing industry. Business History. 2015;57(7):1020-1036. Epub 2015 Apr 13. doi: 10.1080/00076791.2014.993618

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Sasaki, Innan ; Sone, Hidekazu. / Cultural approach in understanding the long-term survival of firms : Japanese Shinise firms in the sake brewing industry. In: Business History. 2015 ; Vol. 57, No. 7. pp. 1020-1036.

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