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Special issue paper in International Business, Multi-Nationals, and the Nationality of the Company

The defence of cosmopolitan capitalism by Sir Charles Addis, 1914-1919: A microhistorical study of a classical liberal banker in wartime

Andrew Smitha Department of Strategy, International Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Liverpool Management School, Liverpool, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Maki Umemurab Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1623-099X
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Pages 1666-1683 | Published online: 15 Mar 2020

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