Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Ethiopia: Evaluating the role, prospects and problems faced by women in this emergent sector

Gender in Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-136

  Singh, Gurmeet ^a   Belwal, Rakesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b SOHAR UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Africa; Entrepreneurialism; Ethiopia; Small to medium sized enterprises; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449105219     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810858321     Document Type: Article

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