Workforce size adjustment as a strategic response to exchange rate shocks: A strategy tripod application to Chinese firms
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- He, Xinming & Rizov, Marian & Zhang, Xufei, 2022. "Workforce size adjustment as a strategic response to exchange rate shocks: A strategy-tripod application to Chinese firms," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 203-213.
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