Cutting microfinance interest rates: An opportunity co-creation perspective

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-128

  Sun, Sunny Li ^a   Im, Junyon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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EID: 85055582849     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12119     Document Type: Article

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