The Offshoring of Financial Services: a Reassessment
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Graham Hollinshead Reader in International Human Resource Management, University of Hertfordshire Business School, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB 00 44 1707 285498 [email protected] Jane Hardy Professor of Political Economy, University of Hertfordshire Business School, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB 00 44 1707 285498 [email protected] University of Hertfordshire Business School Working Paper
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