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Volume 6, Issue 2
1 June 1999
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Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal
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Case Report| June 01 1999

Small business consulting on a shoestring: an example from Zambia

Douglas L. Bartley;
Douglas L. Bartley
Retired Associate Professor of Management
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Michael S. Minor
Michael S. Minor
Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6089
Print ISSN: 1352-7606
© MCB UP Limited
1999
Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal (1999) 6 (2): 3–7.
https://doi.org/10.1108/13527609910796924

Emphasizes the importance of supporting new businesses in under‐developed nations, describing the Zambian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (Zacci) attempts to provide a consulting service for small businesses at no cost. Reports the implementation of the Zacci Management Assistance Programme, which involves unskilled heads of businesses visiting skilled heads for tutoring sessions. Does not provide any outcomes.

Keywords: Management consulting, Zambia, Entrepreneurs, Small firms
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