'Surfing on the ironing board' - the representation of women's entrepreneurship in German newspapers

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 763-786

  Achtenhagen, Leona ^a   Welter, Friederike ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Germany; newspapers; women's entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GENDER ISSUE; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; WOMENS STATUS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84858854967     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2010.520338     Document Type: Article

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