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Research Articles

Influence of organization environment on contractor’s inter-regional market entry practice in China: an industry-level approach based on Bayesian logistic regression model

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Pages 640-655 | Received 11 Jan 2023, Accepted 20 Jan 2024, Published online: 05 Feb 2024

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