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Elashmawi, Farid.  Competing globally: mastering multicultural management and negotiation /Farid Elashmawi.    p. cm. (Managing cultural differences series)  Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-87719-371-1 (alk. paper)

HD62.4 .E423 2001

658'.049 dc21

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