Women-owned businesses and access to bank credit: Evidence from three surveys since 1987

Venture Capital

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-67

  Treichel, Monica Zimmerman ^a,b   Scott, Jonathan ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit availability; Small business; Women owned business

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944455474     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060500453726     Document Type: Review

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