Entrepreneurial Perceptions and Intentions: The Role of Gender and Culture

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 465-493

  Shinnar, Rachel S ^a   Giacomin, Olivier ^b   Janssen, Frank ^c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

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EID: 84860330438     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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