Reducing poverty in the least developed countries: The role of small and medium enterprises

Journal of World Business

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 244-257

  Maksimov, Vladislav ^a   Wang, Stephanie Lu ^b   Luo, Yadong ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Institutional constraints; Institutional enablers; Least developed countries; Organizational efficiency; Poverty alleviation; Small and medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009478220     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2016.12.007     Document Type: Article

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