Incentives and the growth of Oaxacan subsistence businesses

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 630-638

  Toledo, Arcelia ^a   Hernández, José de la Paz ^a   Griffin, Denis ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agency problems and incentives; Government.; Growth and insertion of SMEs; Subsistence entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952585719     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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