Introduction: The Diana Project International

Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs and their Businesses: A Global Research Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-22

  Brush, Candida G ^a   Carter, Nancy M ^b   Gatewood, Elizabeth J ^c   Greene, Patricia G ^a   Hart, Myra M ^d  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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