Constructing female entrepreneurship policy in the UK: Is the US a relevant benchmark?

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-351

  Marlow, Susan ^a   Carter, Sara ^b   Shaw, Eleanor ^c  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENTREPRENEUR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 42949166674     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0732r     Document Type: Conference Paper

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