The normative context for women's participation in entrepreneruship: A multicountry study

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-708

  Baughn, C Christopher ^a   Chua, Bee Leng ^b   Neupert, Kent E ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33748183332     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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