Owner-manger gender, financial performance and business growth amongst SMEs from Australia's business longitudinal survey

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-142

  Johnsen, Goril J ^a   McMahon, Richard G P ^b  

^a Department of Controlling ^*  (Norway)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian SMEs; Business growth; Financial performance; Longitudinal research; Owner manager gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744369256     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242605050509     Document Type: Article

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