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A cost-minimization approach to the international transfer of HRM/IR practices: Anglo-Saxon multinationals in the Federal Republic of Germany

Matthias Schmitt IHR Trier, D-54212 Trier, Germany.
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Dieter Sadowski Professor of Business Studies, University of Trier), IAAEG, D-54286 Trier, Germany.
Pages 409-430 | Published online: 24 Jun 2010

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