Defining success in subsistence businesses

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1658-1664

  Toledo López, Arcelia ^a   Díaz Pichardo, René ^a   Jiménez Castañeda, Julio C ^a   Sánchez Medina, Patricia S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Artisanal businesses; Business success; Entrepreneurs; Subsistence business typologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870294195     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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