Gender, entrepreneurship, and bank lending: The criteria and processes used by bank loan officers in assessing applications

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-444

  Carter, Sara ^a   Shaw, Eleanor ^b   Lam, Wing ^c   Wilson, Fiona ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247635737     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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