Building Entrepreneurship in Subsistence Markets: Microfranchising as an Employment Incubator

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 595-601

  Christensen, Lisa Jones ^a   Parsons, Helen ^b   Fairbourne, Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Microcredit and microfranchising; Subsistence markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952583925     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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