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Do-it-yourself Marketing and Digital Marketing Adoption: Evidence from a Developing Country

By: Adelina Emini and  Safet Merovci  
Open Access
|Apr 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2021-0016 | Journal eISSN: 1847-9375 | Journal ISSN: 1847-8344
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 16
Submitted on: Jul 28, 2021
Accepted on: Oct 9, 2021
Published on: Apr 10, 2022
Published by: IRENET - Society for Advancing Innovation and Research in Economy
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