From tailors to mini-manufacturers: The role of traders in the performance of garment enterprises in Kenya

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 564-595

  Akoten, John E ^a   Otsuka, Keijiro ^b  

^a Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR)   (Kenya)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; GARMENT INDUSTRY; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; MARKETING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TRANSACTION COST;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 65649125312     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejl047     Document Type: Article

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