Understanding the Gender Gap in Small Business Success: Urban and Rural Comparisons

Gender and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-28

  Bird, Sharon R ^a   Sapp, Stephen G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender queuing; Small business success; Urban and rural communities; Women owned businesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942289776     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243203259129     Document Type: Review

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