Between business and byt: Experiences of women entrepreneurs in contemporary Russia

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-98

  Salmenniemi, Suvi ^a   Karhunen, Päivi ^a   Kosonen, Riitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GENDER ROLE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; WOMENS STATUS;

KARELIA [(ADS) RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; LENINGRAD; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG;

EID: 78751471168     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: 14653427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2011.534304     Document Type: Article

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