Management competencies of women business owners

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-508

  Walker, Elizabeth ^a   Webster, Beverley ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gender; Management competencies; Smallbusiness; Training; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751119564     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-006-0009-9     Document Type: Article

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