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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A short comment by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF):
<a href="http://scilog.fwf.ac.at/en/article/2835/open-access-publishing-at-springer">
http://scilog.fwf.ac.at/en/article/2835/open-access-publishing-at-springer</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/contact/personen/reckling_falk.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">Falk J. Reckling</span></a>, PhD</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Strategic Analysis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Sensengasse 1<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Tel: +43-1-5056740-8861<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Email: <a href="mailto:falk.reckling@fwf.ac.at"><span style="color:#0563C1">falk.reckling@fwf.ac.at</span></a>
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