External funding and firm growth: Comparing female- and male-controlled SMEs

Venture Capital

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-49

  Watson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

External funding; Firm growth; Sex; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944458485     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060500433512     Document Type: Review

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