African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

Effects of globalization on small medium-sized enterprise development in Ghana

Alfred Sarbah
  • Alfred Sarbah
  • Department of Management Studies, Kumasi Technical University, Kumasi, Ghana.
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Isaac Quaye
  • Isaac Quaye
  • School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China.
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  •  Received: 05 January 2021
  •  Accepted: 30 August 2021
  •  Published: 30 September 2021

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