African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4190

Full Length Research Paper

Dynamics of biotechnology entrepreneurship in South Africa and Brazil

Manessah Alagbaoso*
  • Manessah Alagbaoso*
  • Wits Business School, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Teresa Carmichael
  • Teresa Carmichael
  • Wits Business School, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Kerrin Myres
  • Kerrin Myres
  • Wits Business School, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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  •  Received: 03 September 2014
  •  Accepted: 22 December 2014
  •  Published: 28 September 2015

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