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4 - Informal Manufacturing of Home and Personal Care Products in South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2016

Erika Kraemer-Mbula
Affiliation:
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
Affiliation:
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Switzerland and Sciences Po, Paris
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The Informal Economy in Developing Nations
Hidden Engine of Innovation?
, pp. 146 - 193
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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