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Similar, but still different: how US multinational companies in Germany and Switzerland use host-country training and skill practices

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  • Marlies Kluike & Kerstin Pull, 2013. "Similar, but still different: how US multinational companies in Germany and Switzerland use host-country training and skill practices," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 44(5-6), pages 495-513, November.
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