Microfinance: Creating opportunities for the poor?

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 58-72

  Khavul, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 77955668629     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMP.2010.52842951     Document Type: Article

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