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MBS Functional Fixedness

Management Basics: Living Abroad and Functional Fixedness

Prof. Dr. Christopher Weilage January 27, 2017

The other day at the home supply store, while being perplexed with wood plank sizes (yes, I know both metric and imperial systems) and how to solve some new home problems, I began to wonder […]

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    Prof. Dr. Hans H. Jung

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