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Internationalisation and the Financial Performance of Companies

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|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2025-0013 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0198 | Journal ISSN: 1730-4237
Language: English
Page range: 259 - 274
Submitted on: Dec 4, 2024
Accepted on: Apr 23, 2025
Published on: Jun 10, 2025
Published by: University of Szczecin
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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