Impacts of Chinese imports and coping strategies of local producers: The case of small-scale footwear enterprises in Ethiopia

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 647-679

  Gebre Egziabher, Tegegne ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPETITIVENESS; COPING STRATEGY; FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY; IMPORT; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36348958368     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X07002911     Document Type: Article

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