Another day, another dollar: Enterprise resilience under terrorism in developing countries

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 804-825

  Branzei, Oana ^a   Abdelnour, Samer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottom of the pyramid; Economic development; Entrepreneurship in emerging markets; International development; Low income markets; Market turmoil; Peace through commerce

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953148155     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.6     Document Type: Article

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