'Helping a large number of people become a little less poor': The logic of survival entrepreneurs

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 382-396

  Berner, Erhard ^a   Gomez, Georgina ^a   Knorringa, Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

developing countries; enterprise development; microenterprise; poverty alleviation; survival entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENTREPRENEUR; MICROENTERPRISE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 84862014282     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2011.61     Document Type: Article

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