Manufacturing disorder: Liberalization, informal enterprise and economic 'ungovernance' in African small firm clusters

Development and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-503

  Meagher, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIRM SIZE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMAL SECTOR; LIBERALIZATION; MANUFACTURING; MARKET CONDITIONS; NEOLIBERALISM;

ABA; ABIA; AFRICA; ILORIN; KWARA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34249859967     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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