HIV/AIDS as Business Risk: A South African Case Study

Business and Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-309

  van Wyk, Jay ^a  

^a PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business risk; HIV AIDS; risk management; South Africa; threats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860714482     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650308327162     Document Type: Article

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