A longitudinal study of the characteristics, business creation process and outcome differences of Canadian female vs. male nascent entrepreneurs

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-453

  Menzies, Teresa V ^a   Diochon, Monica ^b   Gasse, Yvon ^c   Elgie, Susan ^d  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business start up; Entrepreneurial teams; Nascent entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751090087     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-006-0013-0     Document Type: Article

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