Introduction to the special issue: Towards building cumulative knowledge on women's entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 585-593

  de Bruin, Anne ^a   Brush, Candida G ^b   Welter, Friederike ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 33748159281     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00137.x     Document Type: Editorial

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