Informal family business in Africa

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1219-1238

  Khavul, Susanna ^a   Bruton, Garry D ^b   Wood, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 70649100291     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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