Does gender matter? Women business angels and the supply of entrepreneurial finance

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-472

  Harrison, Richard T ^a   Mason, Colin M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247598446     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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