Improving market access opportunities for urban small, medium and micro-enterprises in South Africa

Urbani Izziv

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-143

  Rogerson, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Links; Market access; Medium and micro enterprises; Private sector procurement; Public procurement; Urban small

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890262424     PISSN: 03536483     EISSN: 18558399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2013-24-02-005     Document Type: Article

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