Family Matters: Gender, Networks, and Entrepreneurial Outcomes

Social Forces

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 523-546

  Renzulli, Linda A ^a   Aldrich, Howard ^a   Moody, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CB #3210 Hamilton Hall ^*

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EID: 0034555141     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/79.2.523     Document Type: Article

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