The financing of small businesses - female experiences and strategies

International Handbook of Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 66-77

  Marlow, Susan ^a   Patton, Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84864025801     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845425586.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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