Capital Structure, Ownership Structure and Corporate Governance of SMEs in Ghana
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عنوان ژورنال: JABM JOURNAL of ACCOUNTING - BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2622-2167,0216-423X
DOI: 10.31966/jabminternational.v26i01.397