Facilitated inter-firm collaboration in Ghana: The case of Danida's private-sector development projects

Development in Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 475-489

  Kuada, John ^a   Sørensen, Olav Jull ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PRIVATE SECTOR;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 21844442151     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520500076050     Document Type: Article

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