Emerging female entrepreneurship in Japan: A case study of Digimom workers

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-85

  Futagami, Shiho ^a,b   Helms, Marilyn M ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DALTON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 71949094520     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20216     Document Type: Article

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