Opting for growth: Gender dimensions of choosing enterprise development

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 284-300

  Orser, Barbara ^a,c   Hogarth Scott, Sandra ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0036771251     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.2002.tb00273.x     Document Type: Article

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