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Why Do Firms Disintegrate? Towards an Understanding of the Firm Level Decision to Sub-Contract and Its Impact on Labor

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  • Asad Sayeed & Radhika Balakrishnan, 2002. "Why Do Firms Disintegrate? Towards an Understanding of the Firm Level Decision to Sub-Contract and Its Impact on Labor," SCEPA working paper series. 2002-12, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.
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