The Nature of the Firm

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Coase, R. H. “The Nature of the Firm”. Economica, vol. 4, no. 16, 1937, pp. 386-05, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x.
Coase, R. H. (1937). The Nature of the Firm. Economica, 4(16), 386-405. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x
Coase, R. H. “The Nature of the Firm”. Economica 4, no. 16 (1937): 386-405. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x.
Coase RH. The Nature of the Firm. Economica. 1937;4(16):386-405.
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