Women and home-based entrepreneurship: Evidence from the United Kingdom

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-239

  Thompson, Piers ^a,b   Jones Evans, Dylan ^a,c   Kwong, Caleb ^d  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University Registry   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female self employment; Home working; Home based; Liquidity constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049091853     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242608100492     Document Type: Article

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