Justin Yifu Lin & Jiajun Xu 
New Structural Financial Economics [PDF ebook] 
A Framework for Rethinking the Role of Finance in Serving the Real Economy

Amazon – one of the world”s most valuable companies – is worth more than Walmart, Netflix, Target, Nike and Costco combined. What are the secrets to its success? How can these insights be applied to …

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