Failure rates for female-controlled businesses: Are they any different?

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 262-277

  Watson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0037828473     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-627x.00081     Document Type: Review

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