Analyzing the Influence of Gender Upon High-Technology Venturing Within the Context of Business Incubation

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 655-676

  Marlow, Susan ^a   Mcadam, Maura ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84863874206     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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