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- 1 2 Christopher Kummer, Mult-headquartered firms: a strategic analysis (in German), St. Gallen
- 1 2 Christopher Kummer (8 December 2005), Internationale Fusions- und Akquisitionsaktivität - Historische Entwicklung, Verbreitung und strategische Intentionen (in German), Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, p. 293, ISBN 978-3-8350-0178-7
- ↑ "Webster University Vienna kooperiert mit Harvard Business School. Webster University Vienna im Netzwerk "Microeconomics of Competitveness" aufgenommen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
- ↑ Christopher Kummer auf LinkedIn
