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De-Globalisation and Decoupling: Post-COVID-19 Myths versus Realities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2021

Peter Williamson
Peter Williamson*
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University of Cambridge, UK
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Management and Organization Review , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 2021 , pp. 29 - 34
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The International Association for Chinese Management Research

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