African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Local economic development in Nelson Mandela Bay and Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipalities: An empirical investigation

Mativenga Ngatiane
  • Mativenga Ngatiane
  • Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
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Noluntu. S. Dyubhele
  • Noluntu. S. Dyubhele
  • Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
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Hendrik Lloyd
  • Hendrik Lloyd
  • Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
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  •  Received: 29 May 2017
  •  Accepted: 28 December 2018
  •  Published: 31 October 2021

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