Invisible entrepreneurs:the neglect of women business owners by mass media and scholarly journals in the usa

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-238

  Baker, Ted ^a   E aldrich, howard ^a   Nina, Liou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androcentrism; Business owner; Entrepreneur; Gender; Sex; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000116520     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629700000013     Document Type: Article

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