A Family Systems Interpretation of how Subsistence Consumers Manage: The Case of South Africa

Advances in International Management

Volumn 20, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-87

  Ruth, Julie A ^a   Hsiung, Rachel Oakley ^a  

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EID: 34248670678     PISSN: 15715027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-5027(07)20003-8     Document Type: Review

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