Businesswomen in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Characteristic, growth patterns and progression in a regional context

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 610-614

  Ahmad, Syed Zamberi ^a  

^a PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Business development; Public policy; Raising capital; Saudi Arabia; Women entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860376257     PISSN: 20407149     EISSN: 17587093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02610151111167052     Document Type: Article

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