Micro-entrepreneurship in Niger: Factors affecting the success of women street food vendors

Journal of African Business

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-28

  Otoo, Miriam ^a   Ibro, Germaine ^b   Fulton, Joan ^c   Lowenberg Deboer, James ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger   (Niger)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business success factors; informal sector; micro entrepreneurship; Niger; resource based view

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; INFORMAL SECTOR; MICROENTERPRISE; PERCEPTION;

NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 84859706029     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: 15229076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2012.657937     Document Type: Article

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