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Going offshore or better staying in? Spatial relocation strategies and their impact on firm innovativeness

Fabian KreutzerNiederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Mönchengladbach, Germany
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Timo MitzeDepartment of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Sønderborg, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 837-840 | Published online: 20 Oct 2016

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