New venture financing and subsequent business growth in men- and women-led businesses

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 667-686

  Alsos, Gry Agnete ^a   Isaksen, Espen John ^b   Ljunggren, Elisabet ^a  

^a NORDLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Bodø School of Business   (Norway)

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EID: 33748287045     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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