Entrepreneurial motivation factors, management strategies, and challenges : a case study of Kuching women micro and small business owners

(This study examined the factors that motivated Malaysian women entrepreneurs, specifically those who operate in Kuching, Sarawak, to start-up their own businesses. However, the core focus of this study is on women entrepreneurs that are categorized as owners of `micro and small enterprises (MSE...

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Main Author:	Uchenna, Okpara Izuagba
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2014
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/14949/
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