East Africa: Extended families with many rights

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1239-1244

  Smith, Garry D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70649098480     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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