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The Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability of Croatian Software Companies

By: Dina Korent and  Silvije Orsag  
Open Access
|Jul 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/zireb-2018-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1849-1162 | Journal ISSN: 1331-5609
Language: English
Page range: 47 - 66
Published on: Jul 3, 2018
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