Indigenous entrepreneurship, culture and micro-enterprise in the Pacific Islands: Case studies from Samoa

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Cahn, Miranda ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Indigenous entrepreneurship; Micro enterprise; Pacific; Samoa; Sustainable livelihoods

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENTREPRENEUR; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MICROENTERPRISE; RURAL SOCIETY; SUSTAINABILITY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SAMOA;

EID: 37448998501     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620701552413     Document Type: Article

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