'Desperately seeking finance?' The demand for finance by women-owned and -led businesses

Venture Capital

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-182

  Hill, Frances M ^a   Leitch, Claire M ^a   Harrison, Richard T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Equity finance; Gender; Hi tech; Networking; Venture capital; Women's entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646378704     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060600555347     Document Type: Article

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