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Whose business is it anyway?

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  • Reyes Aterido
  • Mary Hallward-Driemeier

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  • Reyes Aterido & Mary Hallward-Driemeier, 2011. "Whose business is it anyway?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 37(4), pages 443-464, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:37:y:2011:i:4:p:443-464
    DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9375-y
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    Keywords

    Entrepreneurial characteristics; Gender productivity gap; Sub-Saharan Africa; Entrepreneurship; Women entrepreneurs; L26;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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