Ghasi, Nwanneka .C.1 , Onyejiaku, Chinyere C.1 and Udeze, Chimezie C. G.2
1Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus
2Department of Business Administration, Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Nigeria

MLA 8
C., Ghasi, Nwanneka, et al. "ECOPRENEURSHIP AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN ENUGU URBAN, ENUGU STATE NIGERIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 4, Apr. 2018, pp. 1505-1530, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=103. Accessed 2018.
APA
C., G., C., O., & C.G., U. (2018, April). ECOPRENEURSHIP AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN ENUGU URBAN, ENUGU STATE NIGERIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(4), 1505-1530. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=103
Chicago
C., Ghasi, Nwanneka, Onyejiaku, Chinyere C., and Udeze, Chimezie C.G. "ECOPRENEURSHIP AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN ENUGU URBAN, ENUGU STATE NIGERIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 4 (April 2018), 1505-1530. Accessed , 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=103.

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