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Management

The soft criteria of competitiveness: A symbiosis of trust and knowledge

Andrea Bencsik1 Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Informatics, J. Selye University, Komarno, Slovakia;2 Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, HungaryCorrespondence[email protected]
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Timea Juhasz3 Institute of Economics and Methodology, Faculty of International Management and Business, Budapest Business School, Budapest, HungaryView further author information
Article: 2176976 | Received 11 Jul 2021, Accepted 13 Jan 2023, Published online: 16 Feb 2023

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