Black entrepreneurs, local embeddedness and regional economic development in Northern Namibia

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 555-586

  Knutsen, Hege M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENTREPRENEUR; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; NAMIBIA; OSHANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1642561833     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X03004385     Document Type: Article

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