Requesting strategies in the cross-cultural business meeting

Bilbow, Grahame T.

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Vol. 5:1 (1995) ► pp.45–55

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Requesting strategies in the cross-cultural business meeting

Grahame T. Bilbow

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Published online: 1 March 1995

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