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

Networking for SMES in Uganda: A conceptual paper

Peter Turyakira* and Cathy Ikiror Mbidde
Department of Marketing and Management, Makerere University, Uganda.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 24 July 2014
  •  Accepted: 23 January 2015
  •  Published: 28 January 2015

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