VISEMIH WILLIAM MUFFEE (Ph.D)
Higher Institute of Commerce and Management, The University of Bamenda, P.O. Box 39, Bambili, Bamenda, Cameroon

MLA 8
MUFFEE, VISEMIH WILLIAM. "THE EFFECTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE ON THE PROFITABILITY OF MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN THE FAKO CHAPTER OF THE CAMEROON COOPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LEAGUE (CAMCCUL) NETWORK." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 4, no. 7, July 2019, pp. 4849-4897, ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=371. Accessed July 2019.
APA
MUFFEE, V. (2019, July). THE EFFECTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE ON THE PROFITABILITY OF MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN THE FAKO CHAPTER OF THE CAMEROON COOPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LEAGUE (CAMCCUL) NETWORK. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 4(7), 4849-4897. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=371
Chicago
MUFFEE, VISEMIH WILLIAM. "THE EFFECTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE ON THE PROFITABILITY OF MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN THE FAKO CHAPTER OF THE CAMEROON COOPERATIVE CREDIT UNION LEAGUE (CAMCCUL) NETWORK." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 4, no. 7 (July 2019), 4849-4897. Accessed July, 2019. ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=371.

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