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APA Style Example: - Bellmann, M. (2001, June). Freeing managers to innovate. Harvard Business
- Review, 76(6), 32-33. Retrieved June 21, 1999, from LexisNexis Academic: http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe.
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MLA Style Example: - Bellmann, Matthias. "Freeing Managers to Innovate." Harvard Business Review
- June 2001: 32-33. LexisNexis Academic. LexisNexis. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 8 July 2003 <http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe>.
- For additional MLA examples for cases, see LexisNexis Citing Reference help or visit the MLA website.
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