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Improving the assessment of the diversification of construction companies

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|Jun 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2023-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2543-912X | Journal ISSN: 2543-6597
Language: English
Page range: 46 - 54
Submitted on: Dec 8, 2022
Accepted on: May 18, 2023
Published on: Jun 30, 2023
Published by: Bialystok University of Technology
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