Frontiers in Management Research
Building the Corporate Reputation of Non-Traditional Export Firms in Ghana: Conceptualizing the Customers’ Perspective
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- John Amankwaa
School of Management, IT and Governance, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Krishna Govender*
Da Vinci Institute of Technology Management, South Africa
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