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To Cite this Article: Aliyu, R. M., Ahmad, T. S. B. T., Nordin, N. B., & Abdullahi, I. M. (2019). Innovation as a Mediator on the Assessment of Market Orientation, Training, Social Network, Access to Finance and Women Business Performance in the North-Western Nigeria: A Proposed framework. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(1), 366–379.
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