Sources of advice in entrepreneurship: Gender differences in business owners' social networks

International Journal of Entrepreneurship

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-101

  Robinson, Sherry ^a   Stubberud, Hans Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 77953515210     PISSN: 10999264     EISSN: 19394675     Source Type: Journal    
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