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Year 2019 
Volume 27 
Issue 4

Exploring the Development Strategies of Rural Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises

Eric Mang’unyi
Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa

Krishna Govender
School of Management, IT and Governance University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban, South Africa

2019 27 (4) Central European Management Journal

DOI 10.7206/cemj.2658-0845.11

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Mang’unyi, Eric & Govender, Krishna (2019). Mang’unyi, E. , & Govender, K. . (2019). Exploring the Development Strategies of Rural Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises. Central European Management Journal, 27(4), 95-123. https://doi.org/10.7206/cemj.2658-0845.11 (Original work published 2019)

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Mang’unyi, Eric and Govender, Krishna. Mang’unyi, E. , and K. Govender. “Exploring The Development Strategies Of Rural Small, Medium And Micro Enterprises”. 2019. Central European Management Journal, vol. 27, no. 4, 2019, pp. 95-123.

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Mang’unyi, Eric and Govender, Krishna. Mang’unyi, Eric , and Krishna Govender. “Exploring The Development Strategies Of Rural Small, Medium And Micro Enterprises”. Central European Management Journal, Central European Management Journal, 27, no. 4 (2019): 95-123. doi:10.7206/cemj.2658-0845.11.

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