What the numbers tell: The impact of human, family and financial capital on women and men's entry into entrepreneurship in Turkey

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 29-51

  Cetindamar, Dilek ^a   Gupta, Vishal K ^b   Karadeniz, Esra E ^c   Egrican, Nilufer ^c  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

entrepreneurial entry; family capital; financial capital; human capital; women's entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN CAPITAL;

TURKEY;

EID: 84858823411     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2012.637348     Document Type: Article

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