Alleviating poverty using microfranchising models: Case studies and a critique

Alleviating Poverty Through Business Strategy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 149-170

  Christensen, Lisa Jones ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84991993368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230612068     Document Type: Chapter

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