Perfecting or selecting? When ‘kinds of children’ are the objective

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Perfecting or selecting? When ‘kinds of children’ are the objective. / Wahlberg, Ayo.

In: Journal of Marketing Management, Vol. 38, No. 5-6, 2022, p. 478-482.

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Wahlberg, A 2022, 'Perfecting or selecting? When ‘kinds of children’ are the objective', Journal of Marketing Management, vol. 38, no. 5-6, pp. 478-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2020.1862475

APA

Wahlberg, A. (2022). Perfecting or selecting? When ‘kinds of children’ are the objective. Journal of Marketing Management, 38(5-6), 478-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2020.1862475

Vancouver

Wahlberg A. Perfecting or selecting? When ‘kinds of children’ are the objective. Journal of Marketing Management. 2022;38(5-6):478-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2020.1862475

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Wahlberg, Ayo. / Perfecting or selecting? When ‘kinds of children’ are the objective. In: Journal of Marketing Management. 2022 ; Vol. 38, No. 5-6. pp. 478-482.

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