Encouraging entrepreneurship: Microfinance, knowledge support, and the costs of operating in institutional voids

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 545-562

  Chakrabarty, Subrata ^a   Bass, A Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84882623240     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.21569     Document Type: Article

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