Expanding entrepreneurship: Female and foreign-born founders of new England biotechnology firms

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1045-1063

  McQuaid, Jim ^a   Smith Doerr, Laurel ^a   Monti Jr , Daniel J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549084324     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209356238     Document Type: Article

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