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Management in the early days of the Irish Free State: Bennetts of Ballinacurra Cover

Management in the early days of the Irish Free State: Bennetts of Ballinacurra

By: Desmond Gibney and  Martin Quinn  
Open Access
|Jan 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2018-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2451-2834 | Journal ISSN: 1649-248X
Language: English
Page range: 35 - 50
Published on: Jan 31, 2019
Published by: Irish Academy of Management
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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