Chequered fortunes in global exports: The sociogenesis of African entrepreneurship in the Nile Perch business at Lake Victoria, Uganda

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 501-517

  Beuving, Joost ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African entrepreneurship; chequered fortunes; East Africa; Nile perch export business; self fulfilling prophecy; Uganda

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE RELATIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA;

LATES NILOTICUS;

EID: 84882423289     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2013.28     Document Type: Article

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