Extracting Value from Their Environment: Some Observations on Pimping and Prostitution as Entrepreneurship

Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-84

  Smith, Robert ^a   Christou, Maria L ^b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Criminologist and Independent Academic   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952148710     PISSN: 08276331     EISSN: 21692610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2009.10593443     Document Type: Article

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