Factors affecting the success of women entrepreneurs

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-497

  Huarng, Kun Huang ^a   Mas Tur, Alicia ^b   Yu, Tiffany Hui Kuang ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Entrepreneurship; Women entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867899126     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-012-0233-4     Document Type: Review

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