Entrepreneurial networking: Industrial estates in Ghana

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 262-272

  Mcdade, Barbara E ^a   Malecki, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Entrepreneurial networks; Ghana; Industrial districts; Questionnaire interviews; Small scale enterprises

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENTREPRENEURS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; NETWORKING; SMALL ENTERPRISE;

GHANA;

EID: 0031410667     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.1997.tb01603.x     Document Type: Article

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