"Enter the dragoness": Firm growth, finance, guanxi, and gender in China

Gender in Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-156

  Hussain, Javed G ^a   Scott, Jonathan M ^b   Harrison, Richard T ^c   Millman, Cindy ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Teesside   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business development; China; Finance; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449117117     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411011026302     Document Type: Article

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