Women entrepreneurs and strategic decision making

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-130

  Ndemo, Bitange ^a   Maina, Fides Wanjiku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Kenya; Owner managers; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846936210     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710719006     Document Type: Article

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