Extending Women's Entrepreneurship Research in New Directions

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-442

  Hughes, Karen D ^a,b   Jennings, Jennifer E ^a   Brush, Candida ^c   Carter, Sara ^d   Welter, Friederike ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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EID: 84860327108     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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