Gender specifics in entrepreneurs' personal characteristics

Journal for East European Management Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-39

  Širec, Karin ^a   Močnik, Dijana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs' personal characteristics; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship theory; Male and female entrepreneurs; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857409039     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2012-1-11     Document Type: Article

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